Secretly Society

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs put together a special long-form episode of their Super High Quality Podcast to tell the behind-the-scenes story of how the record was made. Between sessions in Hoboken and North Carolina, Adam Granduciel worked regularly with engineer Jeff Zeigler in Philly adding “paint” to a collection of songs that would be widely hailed as the band’s first masterpiece on its release in March 2014. As the band struggled against the repetition and inevitable distractions of working close to home with local friends and collaborators, as the recordings took shape, Adam was simultaneously struggling with the unpredictability of his own mental health. In candid conversations with the key players, and using previously unheard early mixes and demos, we’ll follow the work in progress from the first sessions in early 2013 through the late summer and early fall when the songs took their final form during mixing. We’ll also ride shotgun with Adam on his journey home from the mastering studio to the shoulder of I-95 in a fitting conclusion to the making of Lost In The Dream. “One of 2014's Truly great records. The perfect American road trip” - NME “The War On Drugs make archetypal road trip music. Shimmering, steady, gritty as pavement and open as the sky.” - Rolling Stone Host: Dominic East Guests: Adam Granduciel, Dave Hartley, Robbie Bennett, Charlie Hall, Dusdin Condren Cross-posted from Super High Quality

Join Tom Davies and Manish Agarwal in an artist interview with Kid Millions and Bobby Matador from the band that stands to be a beacon of Jagjaguwar's history - Oneida. Turn the clocks back to 1999 to listen through the vast and (generally) celebrated discography, featuring clips from albums Enemy Hogs, Come on Everybody Lets Rock, Anthem of the Moon, Each One Teach One, Secret Wars, The Wedding, Happy New Year, Rated O, Romance, and most recently Success. Get immersed in a band that reconsidered sonic space on a gong tour, wrote a song featured on The Onion as a part of a homework assignment, and created the largest music box in the East Coast (or did they?). In short - never turn away from any idea stupid or clever, or for that matter a gong sample! Links: Secretly Society Podcast Link Oneida Episode Link to Playlist Secretly Society Podcast Store Link Secretly Society General Information Link Oneida: Oneida Website Link Oneida on Instagram Oneida on Twitter Oneida on Facebook Oneida on Bandcamp

Join hosts Tom Davies and Secretly Group's Director of A&R, Ophir Admony in a return to chat with Numero Group's record label founders Ken Shipley and Rob Sevier about the exploration into the reissues of the 80's and 90's Post Hardcore, Emo, and Punk records. Start with Ken and Rob's idea to use their formula of record reissues to move away from their previous unilateral focus of Disco, Soul, and Gospel of the 60s and 70s as they found trust among artist scenes that left them inspired in their youth. Stay through stories about the decades-long chase of working with records they believed a new generation of fans was ready to discover. The episode explores the label owner's experiences unraveling the sonic singularities of groups such as Duster, Unwound, Everyone Asked About You, Karate, Rex, Tsunami, Bedhead, Codeine, 90 Day Men, The Hated and Chisel. The saying is true, Numero Group can be anything - and Numero Group is everything! Links: Secretly Society Podcast Link Numero Group Pt. 2 Episode Link to Playlist Secretly Society Podcast Store Link Secretly Society General Information Link Numero Group: Numero Group Website Link Numero Group on Instagram Numero Group on TikTok Numero Group on Twitter Numero Group on Facebook

Join hosts Tom Davies and Secretly Group's Senior Creative Director (Global Sync), Jen Newcomer who welcome Numero Group's record label founders Ken Shipley and Rob Sevier to the podcast for their first of two episodes this season. Celebrate the twenty years of a label with the motto "no basement too dank, no box too dusty". Stay through stories about Ryan Gosling, and how he contributed to a now infamous sync in the film Blue Valentine, to the story of Shira Small - a teenager in the 1970's whose album grew past all expectations when put out fifty years later, and the courting of the legendary Syl Johnson. The episode explores the label owner's experiences through their famed Disco, Soul, and Gospel curations featuring song clips from Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr, Penny & The Quarters, Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir, The Dreamliners, Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds, Wilfred Luckie, Syl Johnson, Aki Aleong, Shira Small, and Helene Smith. Links: Secretly Society Podcast Link Numero Group Pt. 1 Episode Link to Playlist Secretly Society Podcast Store Link Secretly Society General Information Link Numero Group: Numero Group Website Link Numero Group on Instagram Numero Group on TikTok Numero Group on Twitter Numero Group on Facebook

Secretly Society presents a four-episode mini-series about friendship, music, and a story that is both heartbreaking and heartwarming alike - DeYarmond Edison. This series is narrated by the author, a friend of the band, and executive producer of the DeYarmond Edison official boxset 'Epoch', Grayson Haver Currin. This episode starts us off in the heat of the North Carolina summer, where many changes are coming to a head between Justin falling ill with mono, and the members leaving their previous home and dispersing across different areas of the town. Stay tuned to hear the fight that broke up the band, Justin's move back home to his infamous cabin and the "phoenix" of bands/ other musical projects that rose from the ashes. The final episode in the previously undisclosed story of the band that branched off into indie music legends, Megafaun and Bon Iver! Links: Secretly Society Podcast Link DeYarmond Edison Pt. 4 Episode Link to Playlist Secretly Society Podcast Store Link Secretly Society General Information Link DeYarmond Edison Links: DeYarmond Edison EPOCH Link DeYarmond Edison Boxset on Secretly Store DeYarmond Edison Essentials Playlist Link

Secretly Society presents a four-episode mini-series about friendship, music, and a story that is both heartbreaking and heartwarming alike - DeYarmond Edison. This series is narrated by author, a friend of the band, and executive producer of the DeYarmond Edison official boxset 'Epoch', Grayson Haver Currin. This episode starts us off with DeYarmond Edison fresh off the heels of their Bickett Residency, and going back to Wisconsin for the first time since their move for a hometown show at the historic Mabel Tainter theater. In the undercurrents of the excitement, those close to the band could feel an underlying shift with the members, feeling like there were four guys, coming up with four different sounds. Stay tuned to hear about the beginning of DeYarmond's eventual downfall, and a peek at Justin Vernon's work on his fifth solo album at the time - hazeltons. The previously undisclosed story of the band that branched off into indie music legends, Megafaun and Bon Iver! Links: Secretly Society Podcast Link DeYarmond Edison Pt. 3 Episode Link to Playlist Secretly Society Podcast Store Link Secretly Society General Information Link DeYarmond Edison Links: DeYarmond Edison EPOCH Link DeYarmond Edison Boxset on Secretly Store DeYarmond Edison Essentials Playlist Link

Secretly Society presents a four-episode mini-series about friendship, music, and a story that is both heartbreaking and heartwarming alike - DeYarmond Edison. This series is narrated by the author, a friend of the band, and executive producer of the DeYarmond Edison official boxset 'Epoch', Grayson Haver Currin. This episode starts us off with DeYarmond Edison's move to Raleigh, North Carolina, a town with a buzzing music scene including the likes of The Rosebuds, Bowerbirds, and Ticonderoga. Hear the stories of the beginning of The Bickett Gallery Residency that at points was described as a "spiraling through concentric circles of disorder pushing the standard until it indeed almost broke". Joe brought in themes of improvisation learned at Bennington College, Phil taught the band Delta Blues and strings, Brad played with the idea of 20th-century ambient sounds in the style of Steve Reich's composition, and Justin challenged everyone's vocal capacity - including his own. The previously undisclosed story of the band that branched off into indie music legends, Megafaun and Bon Iver! Links: Secretly Society Podcast Link DeYarmond Edison Pt. 2 Episode Link to Playlist Secretly Society Podcast Store Link Secretly Society General Information Link DeYarmond Edison Links: DeYarmond Edison EPOCH Link DeYarmond Edison Boxset on Secretly Store DeYarmond Edison Essentials Playlist Link

Secretly Society presents a four-episode mini-series about friendship, music, and what happens when a band comes apart. This is a story that is both heartbreaking and heartwarming alike - this is the lore of DeYarmond Edison. This series is narrated by the author, a friend of the band, and executive producer of the DeYarmond Edison official boxset Epoch, Grayson Haver Currin. This episode starts us off with four high schoolers: Justin Vernon, Joe Westerlund, Phil Cook, and Brad Cook, on the precipice of their musical careers as members of the groups Mount Vernon and, ultimately, the formation of DeYarmond Edison. Hear the stories of the possibly unsightly recording of the self-titled album in the First Presbyterian Church, band rivalries, and the loyalty that set them on the path to leaving their homes in Eau Claire to push the limits of their collective capabilities. The previously undisclosed story of the band that branched off into indie music legends, Megafaun and Bon Iver! Links: Secretly Society Podcast Link DeYarmond Edison Pt. 1 Episode Link to Playlist Secretly Society Podcast Store Link Secretly Society General Information Link DeYarmond Edison Links: DeYarmond Edison EPOCH Link DeYarmond Edison Boxset on Secretly Store DeYarmond Edison Essentials Playlist Link

Join hosts Tom Davies and the band's namesake, KCRW's Chery Glaser, for an artist interview with Secretly Canadian's Clem Creevy of Cherry Glazerr. Listen as they dive into the beginnings of Clem's career as a solo artist releasing music on Soundcloud under the alias of Clembutt, through the releases of Haxel Princess, Apocolipstick, Stuffed & Ready, and, self-described as "the album I've always dreamed of writing", I Don’t Want You Anymore. Hear about Clem's love for scary ladies, a squirrel suit performance arch, her latest collaboration with Yves Rothman, a story about meeting Reggie Watts at a party, and how the boys playing in bands around town helped spark the fire of Cherry Glazerr. Find meditation in the madness along the way! Links: Secretly Society Podcast Link Cherry Glazerr Episode Link to Playlist Secretly Society Podcast Store Link Secretly Society General Information Link Cherry Glazerr: Cherry Glazerr Website Link Cherry Glazerr on Instagram Cherry Glazerr on TikTok Cherry Glazerr on Twitter Cherry Glazerr on Facebook

Join hosts Tom Davies and Chris Catchpole in an artist interview that unveils the celebrated catalog of Dead Ocean's own Kevin Morby. Find yourself smack dab in New York's DIY indie scene, where Kevin gained his bearings playing as a live musician with the band Woods, to becoming the solo act that has been lovingly compared to Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Patti Smith. Kevin opens up about his experience with The Babies' Our House on the Hill, as well as his own solo records Harlem River, Singing Saw, City Music, Oh My God, Sundowner, and his latest work This Is A Photograph. Hear stories about forming a band whose devil-may-care goal was to play New York house parties, how meeting the production legend Richard Swift at a restaurant in LA led to working together, and how Rick Rubin's podcast helped form the idea of writing from the perspective of Mabel - a recluse from New York. For those who get it, This Is A Podcast! Links: Secretly Society Podcast Link Kevin Morby Episode Link to Playlist Secretly Society Podcast Store Link Secretly Society General Information Link Kevin Morby: Kevin Morby Website Link Kevin Morby on Instagram Kevin Morby on Twitter Kevin Morby on Facebook

Join hosts Tom Davies and Joy Warmann as they conduct Secretly Frequencies' inaugural artist interview with one of Jagjaguwar's finest, Jamila Woods. Follow along a journey of growth and unraveling through the ebbs and flows of her first band M&O, to her first solo album HEAVN, the definitive LEGACY! LEGACY!, and her latest (and greatest, so far), Water Made Us. Hear stories about Jamila's collaborations with other celebrated Chicago artists such as producer oddCouple, Peter CottonTale, Saba, Nico Segal, the original use of "Hardcover" and "Paperback" as a song descriptor, and how astrology played a part in her current album release cycle. Links: Secretly Society Podcast Link Jamila Woods Episode Link to Playlist Secretly Society Podcast Store Link Secretly Society General Information Link Jamila Woods: Jamila Woods Website Link Jamila Woods on Instagram Jamila Woods on Twitter Jamila Woods on Facebook

Join hosts Tom Davies and Kate Hutchinson as they chat with Dead Oceans record label founder Phil Waldorf and Secretly Group founder Chris Swanson for a peak behind the curtain at the label's sixteen-plus years. Discover the backstory of the label pre-streaming, inspired by the simple idea of crate digging at a record store and the joys of fandom, to the monumental successes shared by the artists, including Phosphorescent, Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast, Shame, Mitski and so many more, over the years. The episode explores the label owners' experiences from "scrappy operations" to housing famed stars of the indie alternative zeitgeist. Links: Secretly Society Podcast Link Dead Oceans Episode Link to Playlist Secretly Society Podcast Store Link Secretly Society General Information Link Dead Oceans Link

Secretly Society welcomes you back for an exhilarating second season. Stay with us over the next few months to follow the abundant tales we've built up including those with the label founders of both Dead Oceans and Numero Group. We present the full and unabridged re-telling and first-person interviews from the band whose ultimate break up led to the birth of two bands that changed the music landscape thereafter: Bon Iver, and Megafaun, as narrated by the executive producer and author of 'Epoch', Grayson Haver Currin. Explore even deeper into our bountiful discography, with the debut of artist interviews including this season's features: Kevin Morby, Cherry Glazerr, Oneida, and Jamila Woods. Let's dig in! Link: https://secretlysociety.lnk.to/podcast

Hosts Tom Davies and Michelle Kambasha sit down with Jagjaguwar founder Darius Van Arman and his partner in Secretly Group, Chris Swanson, for a blind playlist of tracks spanning the label's twenty-five-plus years. Find out which Jag artists once played punk house parties naked, who had Prince backstage and more, as we explore the "sentimental noise" of the Jagjaguwar catalog.

The making of Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman's “dream record” 2007’s Night Falls Over Kortedala, hailed by Pitchfork and The Guardian as one of the greatest albums of its era. Now re-born as the album The Linden Trees Are Still In Blossom. Guests include Annika Norlin, Laura Snapes, Chris and Ben Swanson, and Lisa Nilsson.

Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman's beginnings as a musician in Gothenburg, Sweden, his signing to Secretly Canadian, and the making of his long-lost cult compilation album 2005’s Oh You’re So Silent Jens. Now re-born as the album The Cherry Trees Are Still In Blossom. Featuring guests including Laura Snapes, Chris and Ben Swanson, and Dillon.

Hosts Tom Davies and Manish Agarwal sit down with Secretly Canadian co-founders Chris and Ben Swanson to conduct an interview-by-song. Prompting the brothers with a blind playlist of tracks spanning their 25 year history as a label, Tom and Manish share Dave Grohl’s favorite band of 2009, hear about an accidental hug from Drew Barrymore, and discuss the fruits of a life-long obsession with CD reissues.

2009 would prove a pivotal year in Jason Molina’s life, a turning point that would lead to his tragic death only a few, short years later. But as he embarked on a batch of solo studio sessions in London that January––the sessions that would become Eight Gates––it would have been nearly impossible to imagine that they would be his last.

Jason Molina’s friends and collaborators were well versed in his penchant for tall tales and his use of “truthlets”––benign fibs––in the service of a good story. But as Molina’s problems with alcohol began to flare, the lines between truth and fiction seemed to grow increasingly blurry.

Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. frontman Jason Molina was living in London when writer Justin Taylor caught up with him for an interview in 2010. This previously unreleased audio finds Molina in good spirits, discussing life in London, and provides a rare glimpse of his gregarious, often talebearing personality––one perhaps at odds with his darker musical persona.