MinneClassics #3: "Hold Tongue" by Zoo Animal

My face is low, quite near the ground...

(Zoo Animal by Emily Utne)

Well hello again, podcast fans. Welcome to MinneClassics #3!

Folks, it's been quite a while since I've put together a MinneClassics episode, but Zoo Animal is playing their final show this weekend down at Amsterdam in St. Paul and that's cause for a deeper look at one of their most enduring tracks.

"Hold Tongue" comes from their 2008 album Young Blood. It's a simple song about the complex & personal subject of speaking to God filtered through Holly Hansen's deeply Minnesotan perspective. While that's true of much of Zoo Animal's work, I think "Hold Tongue" distills everything that Zoo Animal does well into a 3:00 song.  Like I said, give the show a listen. I dig a little bit deeper into those themes as well as Minnesota's long tradition of mixing the complicated subject of religion with the complicated beauty of guitars and just where Zoo Animal fits in that lineage.

As always, Flatbasset Radio is completely free. Just click the Mixcloud player below and you're good to go.

MinneClassics #3: "Hold Tongue" by Zoo Animal by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

There you have it, folks. Like I mentioned above, Zoo Animal is calling it a day tomorrow night (12/12) down at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall. Go check it out.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Flatbasset Radio Presents - MinneClassics #2: TCDroogsma On "Flowers On The Doorstep"

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Making milestones out of mistakes...

Well hello podcast fans!  Welcome to MinneClassics #2!

As you can probably tell from the fact that this is Episode #1, MinneClassics is a new feature here on Newest Industry.  Basically, TCDroogsma decided to create a feature which allows him (or his guests) to take some time and really shine the spotlight on a local artist and a song of theirs that is deemed "Classic."  They'll discuss the song, why they think it deserves "classic" status, and then play the song.

In this 2nd installment of MinneClassics TCDroogsma discusses Martin Devaney's "Flowers On The Doorstep" from the album Letters Never Sent.  Along the way he touches on the day he purchased the album, his love of 3/4 time signatures, how nostalgia colors the way people remember things, and a time he was too drunk to talk to Martin Devaney.  


Give the podcast a listen below or download it for free by clicking on its title.  

MinneClassics #2: "Flowers On The Doorstep" by Martin Devaney

MinneClassics #2: "Flowers On The Doorstep" by Martin Devaney by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

There you have it, podcast fans!  MinneClassics #2! Enjoy!

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