Welcome to Episode 61 of This Is Not Happening, a monthly music podcast.

In Part 1, we review and Album of the Month. This month it's Joey's choice and he's picked Essex Honey, the latest release from Blood Orange, UK born and raised, New York based creative force.

In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month the theme is 'Colours'

----- Part 1 | Blood Orange | Essex Honey -----

Devonté Hynes, AKA Blood Orange, is a Grammy-nominated English singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, and director based in New York City. Devonté is a talented human being, playing multiple instruments, he is a consummate songwriter and an incredible producer.

His latest album, Essex Honey is quite something. We all agree that this is very intelligent, impressive album created by a unique artist. But that doesn't mean that we all like it. We get stuck right into that in this episode. Have a listen and let us know what you think.

• Listen to the album ... HERE
• Watch some great videos ... HERE
• Buy some stuff ... HERE

----- Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | 'Colours' -----

Sometimes the simplest themes are the best, songs with colours in the title. The 4 tracks we chose and the 16 track playlist we created are belters!

• David chose - 'Grey Day' by Zoot Woman.
• Guy chose - 'Brown Paper Bag' by Roni Size.
• Joey chose - '99 Red Balloons' by Nena
• Nolan chose - 'Redbone' by Childish Gambio

We all chose 4 tracks as a shortlist which we combine into a belter of a 16 track playlist, listen to that bad boy HERE.

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TINH happening is officially 60 episodes old. Happy 60th to us.

We're missing a team member again this month. David is back and in the hot seat, Guy is off making beautiful memories with his family.

In Part 1, we review and Album of the Month. This month it's Davide's choice and he's picked Moisturizer, the sophomore release from Wet Leg, British Post-Punk, Post-Pop band that were previously catapulted to fame by their break out single Chaise Longue. Tune in to find out what we all thought.

In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month the theme is 'English With An Accent'.

----- Part 1 | Wet Leg | Moisturizer -----

Wet Leg, AKA 'that Chaise Longue band' started their career with a bang. Their first single Chaise Longue became a global hit and created a massive amount of attention. Could they ever break the curse of being a novelty, one hit wonder band ... well, yes is the simple answer. Their first album proved that (partially) but this second album smashes that idea out the park. Listen to the episode for more detail but there's a lot of positivity about this one.

Listen to the album, listen to the pod, tell us what you think. Here are some links that we mention on the pod or think could be useful to explore;

• Listen to the album ... HERE
• Watch some great videos ... HERE
• Buy some stuff ... HERE

----- Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | 'English With An Accent -----

The theme this month is English With An Accent. Simple. Artists singing in English but with an acent.

• Nolan chose - Hate To Say I Told You So by The Hives.
• David chose - Not Any Longer by The Lijadu Sisters.
• Guy chose - Music Sounds Better With You by Stardust.
• Joey chose - Keep The Streets Empty For Me by Fever Ray.

We all chose 4 tracks as a shortlist which we combine into a belter of a 16 track playlist, listen to that bad boy HERE.

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Welcome to Episode 59 of This is Not Happening (TINH), an Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast. We're missing a team-member this month as Davide is on an Anglo-French diplomatic mission.

In Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play 'Spin it or Bin it'. We pick a theme and each pick a song that represents that theme. We judge the selections by asking the question 'Spin It or Bin It'?

In Part 1, Nolan is in the seat. He brings Little Sim'z new album, Lotus. This was a reluctant choice when he made it. He thought it was an interesting album but he was far from loving it. Has that changed in a month?

In Part 2, we celebrate New Music. What are our favourite new tracks from the last couple of months?

----- Part 1 | Little Simz | 'Lotus' -----

This is the 2nd Little Simz album we're reviewed as our little Album of the Month collective. Last time round was here debut album Grey Area which would all pretty much loved. I think our experience of her work since then has varied significantly. This album has been launched in a quite dramatic and controversial environment following the collapse of Simz' relationship with former collaborator Inflo. What does Simz sound like without Inflo? Let's find out.

Listen to the album, listen to the pod, tell us what you think. Here are some links that we mention on the pod or think could be useful to explore;

• Listen to the album ... HERE.
• We mention the great Louis Theroux podcast interview ... HERE.
• Watch the video for 'Young' ... HERE.
• Buy some stuff ... HERE.

----- Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | 'New Music' -----

The theme this month is New Music. Simple. What new tunes are we loving? There's LOADS of amazing music out but we also need to pick something that we think the rest of us will vote 'spin it' to.

• Joey chose 'Feisty' by Smerz.
• Nolan chose 'Next to You' by Erykah Badu and The Alchemist.
• David chose 'Tricky' by New Windows.
• Guy chose 'Lowly' by Young Fathers

We all chose 4 tracks as a shortlist which we combine into a belter of a 16 track playlist, listen to that bad boy HERE.

We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look - https://thisisnothappening.net/