Burst & Bloom Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Guy Capecelatro III "The Feeling of Falling" Dec 01, 2025

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This week we listen to Guy's 2019 EP "The Feeling of Falling", recorded with Chris Decato, and featuring Jordan Holtz, Jessica Hesse, Jocelyn Mackenzie and Mara Flynn.

We play the songs:

"Be Seen"
"River of Fire"
"Song for Anna"

You can hear the entire EP at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/the-feeling-of-falling

Hello Shark "HS" with Lincoln Halloran and Sean Hood Nov 24, 2025

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This week we listen to "HS", the 2013 sophomore album from Hello Shark.

We're joined by Hello Shark's Lincoln Halloran and Sean Hood.

We listen to the songs:

"Black vs. Navy Blue"
"Christmas Eve"
"Eagles / Seagulls"

You can hear the entire album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/hs

"All My Friends are Right Here with Me: Songs of Tiger Saw" Nov 17, 2025

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This week, we take a listen to the very first Burst & Bloom release, from 2009- the compilation of Tiger Saw covers that originally came with Dylan's memoir "All My Friends are Right Here with Me".

We listen to:

Cake on Cake "R U Courageous?"
Quiet Bears "Catalina"
Gregg Porter "The Sea"
South China "The Tiger and the Tailor"

Listen to the entire album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/all-my-friends-are-right-here-with-me

100th Episode! With special guest host Peter Squires! Nov 10, 2025

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Welcome to our 100th episode!

We launched this podcast on December 23, 2023. Almost two years later, we are still going! Will it ever end? Not as long as Guy keeps making albums!

For this very special episode, we invited our friend Peter Squires to turn the tables and interview us (Dylan & Guy), about the beginnings, inner workings, and secrets of the Burst & Bloom label.

We also listen to the songs:

Tiger Saw "Tigers on Fire" from the album "Tigers on Fire"
Guy Capecelatro III "Stupid Moon" from the album "Scatter the Remains"
The Farthest Forests "Blood of Angels" from the album "A Light I Can Feel: A Tribute to Brown Bird"
Jim Rioux "The Gospel According to Death" from the album "Darlings of the Soil"

Thank you to everyone who has listened to these podcasts. We appreciate you.

Guy Capecelatro III "What Comes Between" with Marc McElroy Nov 03, 2025

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This week we look back at Guy's 2023 album, "What Comes Between", which was actually started in 2015 and temporarily abandoned.

We're joined again by producer and multi-instrumentalist Marc McElroy.

We listen to the songs:

"Anomaly"
"Fruitless"

"A Picture of Kansas"

Listen to the entire album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/what-comes-between

Friendship "You're Going to Have to Trust Me" with Dan Wriggins Oct 27, 2025

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This week, we talk to Friendship's Dan Wriggins about their 2015 debut album, "You're Going to Have to Trust Me".

We listen to the songs:

"Responsible"
"He Said 'You Seemed So Much in Luv'"
"I'm Serious"

Listen to the entire album at: https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/youre-going-to-have-to-trust-me

"My Heart is About to Burst" compilation with Mandy Metrano Oct 20, 2025

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This week, we listen back to the 66-song 2009 compilation "My Heart Is About To Burst", a collection of six-word songs, inspired by the six-word novel project.

We listen to :

Soul Saint Marie "These Photos are No Longer Me"
Anna Vogelzang "The Internet Will Break Your Heart"
Unbunny "Too Weird to Wed She Said"
The Wailing Wall "Praying Never Helped Much at All"
Alan Bull "Sixteen Days Until I See You"
Marika Shimkus "The Bird Cried Out Hello Slut"
Mandy Sabine " Wintergreen Memories They Smell So Sweet"
Kimberlee Torres "I'm Only Sad on the Inside"

And we hear from Mandy Metrano (née Sabine) about her song.

Listen to the entire compilation at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/my-heart-is-about-to-burst

Guy Capecelatro III & Mike Effenberger "Love" with Mike Effenberger Oct 13, 2025

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This week we welcome Mike Effenberger back to the podcast to talk about the third in a four-EP collaboration with Guy, entitled "Love", released in October 2025.

The album is based on a dream Guy had while working on a landscaping project at Mike Effenberger's house where they were making a record together that was eight short songs sung by all different singers, thematically linked, released every three months. They released "Gods" in March, "Devils" in June, and now "Love".

We play the songs:

"Love Song for Shui-Sin" (feat. Kate Possi)
"Where it Stops" (feat. Liam Robinson & Jean Rohe)

"The Way In" (feat. Shiloh Hawkins & Dave Benton)
"Completely" (feat. Emily Dix Thomas)

Listen to the entire album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/love

Cape Snow "The Last of the Light" with Marc McElroy Oct 06, 2025

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This week, we feature the 2017 Cape Snow album "The Last of the Light" with Marc McElroy, who produced the album and played many (most?) of the instruments on it. We also talk about the 2017 tour which took us all to the United Kingdom.

We listen to the songs: