This week, Cort assigned Brian the debut album Sadnecessary by Milky Chance, and what follows is a discussion about:

• The suspicious similarity threaded through half the album’s tracks
• Why both of us had déjà vu listening to songs we swear we’ve heard before by a band we've never heard of
• The fine line between “signature sound” and “they’re just doing the same thing over and over”
• Whether Milky Chance is still milking it

From there, things go exactly where you’d expect: Oscars predictions we absolutely butchered, the ongoing paranoia of being wrong about everything, Memphis vs. Nashville sports drama, a surprising amount of TV talk (Traitors, Jury Duty, Paradise), and a reminder that we are, in fact, not experts on anything. At least not anything we talk about on this show.

Also, Brian gives a correction on a song we unfairly maligned and mentions some hot takes about stuff showing up on his new music radar (Noah Kahan, Death Cab, Modest Mouse, Black Keys, and more).

Cort's next assignment? A podcast. Because we occasionally remember what our show is supposed to be about.

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Brian's last assignment: Sadnecessary by Milky Chance - https://open.spotify.com/album/3AWjk0oVV9YAY9r9boiffN?si=aMq5F6qxQd6IJELLkhsoNQ

🎶 Theme Song: Cyrus Oh Cyrus - The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492

In this episode, Brian and Cort celebrate a near-anniversary of Listeners Like You. Cort reports back on Car Seat Headrest’s Teens of Denial. Some songs hit harder than others but not in the way Cort would have expected.

From there, things go into "unstructured land." They talk about Paradise and its questionable version of Memphis geography, the Scrubs revival, the return of U Talkin’ U2 To Me?, Chelsea’s stressful win over Wrexham, Paralympic curling, Banana Ball, and Back to the Future: The Musical.

Brian gets a new assignment from Cort('s daughter by proxy), and the random podcast generator once again proves it is truly random, but that Meta might be listening.

Listening assignment: Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial https://open.spotify.com/album/3KpYyDP8q8sUBxatHaYEsP?si=JX5lYDfPQgepK5NNpWSqMQ

Theme Song: Cyrus Oh Cyrus - The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492

Cort recommended Rosalía. Brian listened to it. Shockingly, someone loved it. The boys then spiral into a discussion about foreign languages (because Rosalía), cultural barriers, and what it means to enjoy music you don’t fully understand. Also, they talk about the Oscars. Not that anyone asked. Or cares. But opinions are shared anyway.

THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE WEEK: Rosalia - Lux https://open.spotify.com/album/3SUEJULSGgBDG1j4GQhfYY?si=YmJRAlxFROScR7HIs2WjEg

🎶 Theme Song: Cyrus Oh Cyrus - The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492