S6E262 - Metronomy 'The English Riviera' with Joshua Mackenzie

<p>With their third full-length album, 2011's <strong>'The English Riviera'</strong>, British band <strong>Metronomy</strong> transitioned from garish electro-pop to a sleek, sophisticated sound that's as much Steely Dan as Daft Punk. Our guest, Scottish singer/songwriter and producer <strong>Joshua Mackenzie</strong> (The Joshua Hotel, Lional), found inspiration for his own music in leader <strong>Joseph Mount</strong>'s lush-yet-quirky songs about - among other things - his hometown of Torbay in Devon that make up this beguiling record.<br /> <em>"You're up, but you'll get down</em><br /> <em>You're never running from this town...</em><br /> <em>This town's the oldest friend of mine"</em></p> <p>Songs featured in this episode: <em>Corinne (Instrumental)</em> - Metronomy; <em>Repetition Town</em> - The Joshua Hotel; <em>I'm Aquarius, Night Owl</em> - Metronomy; <em>Hey Nineteen</em> - Steely Dan; <em>Indie Rokkers</em> - MGMT; <em>Missing U</em> - Robyn; <em>The English Riviera, We Broke Free</em> - Metronomy; <em>Untitled</em> - Interpol; <em>Everything Goes My Way</em> - Metronomy; <em>She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina</em> - The Kinks; <em>The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret</em> - Queens Of The Stone Age; <em>The Look</em> - Metronomy; <em>F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E</em> - Pulp; <em>She Wants</em> - Metronomy; <em>Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)</em> - Ween; <em>Trouble</em> - Metronomy; <em>Ashes To Ashes</em> - David Bowie; <em>Honesty Is No Excuse</em> - Thin Lizzy; <em>Don't Believe A Word</em> - Marco Mendoza w/Josh Mackenzie; The Bay - Metronomy; Atlantis To Interzone - Klaxons; Loving Arm, Corinne - Metronomy; Blockhead - DEVO; Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus; Some Written - Metronomy; Lot 105 - Blur; <em>Love Underlined</em> - Metronomy; <em>Daft Punk Is Playing At My House</em> - LCD Soundsystem; <em>Somebody New</em> - The Joshua Hotel</p>