James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

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**James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds**

For James Acaster 2016 is the greatest year for music of all time. Following a breakup James set out to rekindle his love for music by buying hundreds of new and niche releases from 2016. Now he’s sharing his obsession with fellow comedians, exploring his favourite albums: from Beyoncé’s internet-breaking Lemonade, to Colombian math rock fusion, and everything in between.

Latest Episodes:

Fatiha El-Ghorri is in Heavn May 27, 2022

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Heavn by Jamila Woods fuses R&B, Jazz and various other genres including classic indie.

Surely it must appeal to Cure-loving Fatiha!

Aparna Nancherla & Freetown Sound May 20, 2022

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Freetown Sound by Blood Orange is such an "immaculate" album that James worries he might burst into tears just talking about it.

Here's hoping Aparna feels the same, otherwise trouble could be afoot.

Jen Ives & An Escape Into Space May 13, 2022

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Splendor & Misery is a sci-fi concept album by experimental rap trio Clipping.

Lyrics and soundscapes combine to tell an Afrofuturist story of an escape from oppression into the void of space. Jen Ives prepares to be transported.

Stuart Laws & ScHoolboy Q May 06, 2022

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James confesses to being in love with ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face LP.

With a Gangsta rap core but with psychedelic overtones and great production, is there enough to seduce Stuart Laws too?

Toussaint Douglass & The Life Of Pablo Apr 29, 2022

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The ever-polarising Kanye West can be controversial at times but James can't help but like the music. After all, his 2016 album The Life of Pablo has a vein of weirdness running through it that is right up James' street. However, is it a path Toussaint Douglass is willing to tread?

Fern Brady & The Punk Beyoncé Apr 22, 2022

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Black Terry Cat by Xenia Rubinos is a magical album drawing on many influences and described by the artist herself as "a punk Beyoncé".

However, is it enough to impress one of Scotland's finest, Fern Brady?

Sadia Azmat & Black Girl Blues Apr 15, 2022

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Fetish Bones by Moor Mother delivers a powerful message via a sonically abrasive backdrop.

Labelled by the artist herself as Black Girl Blues, Project Housing Bop or Slaveship Punk, it's an album that demands the listener's full attention.

However, was it enough to hold Sadia Asmat's attention?

Sara Barron & Emily's D+Evolution Apr 08, 2022

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Emily's D+Evolution, a brilliant Jazz-Rock-Funk fusion album by Grammy Award winning Esperanza Spalding, is usually the last thing Sara Barron would listen to.

However, some finely crafted lyrics start to reel her in.

Nathan Caton & an OST to Nothing Apr 01, 2022

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Wes Borland you may remember as the guitarist in '90s rock/rap outfit Limp Bizkit. In 2016 he released Crystal Machete, a soundtrack to an imagined film.

James and Nathan try to imagine what that film would look like.

Thanyia Moore, Illusion & Destruction Mar 25, 2022

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Mahoroboshiya by Japanese folk singer Ichiko Aoba is an album with such a delicate and intimate feel that James can't help but relax to it.

However, is it enough to chill '90s R'n'B-loving Thanyia Moore?