What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast

Brian Vander Ark of the Verve Pipe and editor Paul Myers talk about harmony, songwriting and XTC

Show Notes

After enjoying a stateside hit with The Freshmen in 1997, Brian Vander Ark of the Verve Pipe got the chance to write with his hero Andy Partridge. His band had already recorded a cover of Wake Up (and an unreleased Blue Beret) and now he'd fly to Swindon to co-write Blow You Away.

It's a story he tells in Go Further: More Literary Appreciations of Power Pop (Rare Bird Lit, 2021), an anthology of essays about everyone from Squeeze to Teenage Fanclub and the Ramones.

In this episode of What Do You Call That Noise?, Vander Ark joins co-editor Paul Myers and power-pop fan Melanie (@mixtape64) to talk about harmony, songwriting and their love of XTC. Mark Fisher is the host.

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Creators & Guests

Host
Mark Fisher
Two books and a podcast about XTC by @markffisher. Read at https://t.co/Wn79SN6UmU and listen at https://t.co/nOEUV6NtZQ

What is What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast?

Interviews and discussions about XTC, from White Music to Wasp Star and beyond