BSIDE Phoning It In by Gavin Bowles & The Distractions

Featured Artist: Gavin Bowles & The Distractions

Featured Vinyl: Phoning It In

 

Alexis’ Hot Pick 

I Get Bored

Sam’s Hot Pick

Here comes the Heartache

 

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https://gavinbowles.bandcamp.com/album/phoning-it-in 

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CREDITS

Created and Hosted by Alexis Naylor

Co-Host: Sam Timmerman

Music by Alexis Naylor & Ruby Miguel

Voiceover: Ruby Miguel

Edited and Produced by Ruby Miguel

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Notes for Sam & Alexis:

 

00:09 - Introduction (Announcement)

Welcome to B-Side, the mini-series from Through the Creative Door. Join Alexis and Sam as they dive into the timeless world of vinyl. For Alexis, vinyl was more than music. It was a Sunday ritual she shared with her dad, listening, talking and soaking in the stories behind each album and the artwork on every sleeve. Though her dad is no longer with us, she continues this tradition with her friend, Sam Timmerman. Join them as they share their passion for vinyl and the stories these records hold. 

 

00:44 - Sam (Host)

Hello brother, Good afternoon, how are we? 

 

00:48 - Alexis (Host)

Good how you doing. 

 

00:50 - Sam (Host)

Warm. It's a sunny 30 million something degrees in Perth. 

 

00:55 - Alexis (Host)

Perth, it's not. 

 

00:56 - Sam (Host)

Perth, it's hotness. We take it because it's meant to be winter and it's great to have glorious weather. Still, how are you? 

 

01:02 - Alexis (Host)

I am good, my, my love. I love that you're having your Melbourne vibes joining me in the black attire. 

 

01:10 - Sam (Host)

I was just gonna say Melbourne vibes for those listening, only we're just wearing black we're all wearing black. 

 

01:16 - Alexis (Host)

I mean, black is my mo, that is, that is the staple of my wardrobe. But for you, my friend, you are one of the most colourful people I know. Your wardrobe is lovely patterns and lovely colours I love it. 

 

01:31 - Sam (Host)

What can I say? I'm in my Wednesday phase at the moment. I love this, that's a multi-layered reference for those who get it. 

 

01:40 - Alexis (Host)

All right, what have you got for us this week? 

 

01:46 - Sam (Host)

I'm super excited because this one arrived much faster than I thought. It's Gavin Bowles and the Distractions, a little power pop band from Sydney, and it's the album Phoning It In, which I'm holding up right now for the camera. And it is a very special one because I got excited. I was looking online and the sticker said limited edition pink vinyl. And I went I must and so I got it and it looks like this oh my goodness, for those listening, it is bright look at the color of this thing right, oh yeah. 

 

02:30

Well, that's their branding colors, right if bubblegum had a baby with a unicorn, this is what it would look like it looks amazing and it is, oh, it's so pretty see again visual media yeah, but also it circles back to what I said about you love colour. 

 

02:45 - Alexis (Host)

True, very true. 

 

02:49 - Sam (Host)

Have we put on our 10-minute timer yet? 

 

02:51 - Alexis (Host)

I did. I did a sneaky put it on while you were doing show and tell. 

 

02:58 - Sam (Host)

Yeah, so Gavin Bowles and the Distractions from Sydney, distractions from Sydney um, the full disclosure on this one. I listened to this record a couple of times at home, but majority of the listening I did was in the car, driving to and from many things. And it's such good driving music. This is just so much fun. I was listening to the other day and I went this is just a strange conglomeration, cross of and I'll say this, cross of green day and okay go. This is where my mind went with this thing. It's just if green day had listened to okay go for six months and decided they would turn their distortion pedals off, this is what that would sound like. It's so much fun. 

 

03:49 - Alexis (Host)

I actually find this album is actually a vibe to run to. 

 

03:56 - Sam (Host)

I like that. 

 

03:57 - Alexis (Host)

Yeah, so it's been on repeat for a few of my runs. Yeah it's a vibe. 

 

04:06 - Sam (Host)

It is. Do you have a favourite track? I do. 

 

04:09 - Alexis (Host)

I do have a favourite track. It's funny that you mention about what bands it actually sort of takes you into as reference, because, funnily enough, the song that I think is my hot pick no, not think, no, it's my hot pick. It's a song called I Get Bored. I Get Bored, yeah, I Get. 

 

04:31 - Sam (Host)

Bored yeah, I Get Bored, I Get Bored yeah. 

 

04:33 - Alexis (Host)

And I don't know why, but it has this essence about it that really lends itself to do. You know the Australian band the Skyhooks. 

 

04:43 - Sam (Host)

I do. I'm not familiar, but I know them. 

 

04:50 - Alexis (Host)

It just I'm not it's not a carbon copy or whatever but there's like an essence about this particular song and it just sort of brings me and I I just they're a cool aussie band and gavin bowles and the distractions fucking cool aussie band. I don't know it's a vibe, but yeah, I really this I get bored is like. I love the lyrics, I love the jabs in the music and the structure of it. It's a real vibe, just really angsty, and I love it. 

 

05:21 - Sam (Host)

I hadn't listened to that one as much as Here Comes the Heartache, and the reason was that is I went full music mode this one. I have to admit I didn't get deep into the lyrics a lot here because I was too busy just grooving Heartache I think I mentioned to you off camera just feels a lot like Boys Don't Cry. Oh, I mean, if we can sing it or not, I don't know. Do we have the rights? 

 

05:53 - Alexis (Host)

Who knows, but but I'd agree it's so much fun. 

 

05:58 - Sam (Host)

First listen was in the car and I went yes, it is sunset on the coast, windows down, it was just glorious. Um, a couple of other ones working class stiff is kind of it grew on me like it's. It's just balls to the wall. There's no pretense about it. It's this is what we're singing about and you're going to listen to it

 

06:24 - Alexis (Host) 

Have you checked out that some of their music videos speaking of like? 

 

06:29 - Sam (Host)

I saw the, I saw the new one, the, um love has done one that you showed me 

 

06:36 - Alexis (Host) 

So for those listening, not on this record yeah, they've also got a brand new uh video and song out and it is a vibe. But that put me into the rabbit hole of looking at their back catalogue of music videos, which, by the way, next level, so much fun and I really love. They have this shtick where they don't have any, um, modern technology in any of their music videos. So you won't see a mobile phone, won't see a laptop cool.

 

07:09 - Sam (Host)

So feels kind of, would you say, like 90s well, I think that's. 

 

07:16 - Alexis (Host)

I think that's the aim is that you could watch it and not really know where to place it because there's no yeah mmm 

 

07:28 - Sam (Host)

The style of that newest video that's out. It's um very much 80s vhs dating videos. It's it's amazing. 

 

07:34 - Alexis (Host)

So for the listeners it cannot. It is so amazing. It has this essentially like talk back dating doco mini series kind of vibes at the start of the music video and it's super entertaining, won't be disappointed. Go check that one out. 

 

07:53 - Sam (Host)

Love is dumb yes, and while you're at it, check out the entire album as well yes, this one, phoning it in the um photography on it. Just, it's just so much fun we have to shout out um ellie morgan, the photographer. For the record, I didn't get a chance to check out extensive catalog outside of this, but the concept behind it of just again, no modern technology, it's just bare members with phones but just absolutely phoning it in and just messing around with that idea. 

 

08:32 - Alexis (Host)

The joy on their faces in these photos word on the street is that they, yeah, had one of the phones and then had to go searching to try and find some more phones that look the same. 

 

08:47 - Sam (Host)

Well, Well, I think they do have one each. There are four phones there and if you have ever tried to get a rotary dial telephone, even if you know what it is or not, they don't exist very often anymore. 

 

09:03 - Alexis (Host)

I believe that they found them in Sydney somewhere. 

 

09:07 - Sam (Host)

In Sydney somewhere. They just walked into someone's house and said can we have your phone? 

 

09:10 - Alexis (Host)

No, no, no, I think they were like yeah yeah, I love it it is. 

 

09:18 - Sam (Host)

It's a real feel of just a band that has fun. They're having so much fun all the time. 

 

09:27 - Alexis (Host)

The drummer and the singer lead singer family, brothers, yeah, and then one of the other band members, I think went to school with them. Is like best friends with them that's fun yeah, and from what I understand, the band has had a couple of different iterations. So I think it used to have four members with a keyboard player, and then it was three of them and then now four of them. 

 

11:14 - Sam (Host)

It's just reminding me a lot of all of the and I keep saying Britpop purely because that's what I'm hearing but kind of that combination with that into your surf rock and roll as well, and I've never heard of a band describe themselves as power pop before, but now that I have, I absolutely agree and I want more bands to label themselves as power pop. 

 

11:40 - Alexis (Host) 

So you reckon your phone's now going to start giving you oh, 

 

11:44 - Sam (Host) 

My algorithm is going to send me all sorts of very, very strange things over the next three hours, but I should start turning it off before you record, and it might. Um, but there's. I think we'll wrap it up there, because the I think this album can speak for itself honestly. Just go check it out, have a listen, it's a lot of fun. Oh, actually, no, we'll say something else. I'm going to backtrack. The other fun fact I found out actually came from you is that Simon recorded the majority of this at home. 

 

12:21 - Alexis (Host)

I believe so. Yes, yes, because I think that was through covert that's something we can find out as well. 

 

12:32 - Sam (Host)

Yeah, but yeah, um, what a project to come up with home produced and mastered, externally mastered. I've found studios 301 who mastered this thing. Their catalog is just absolutely ridiculous. We keep stumbling across these records who have had the privilege of being mastered by absolute dream of the industry yeah um, if you go and I'm not going to start reading names off but if you go to studios 301 and just look at their release catalog, I think there are about 4 000 releases on their catalog ridiculous and we're talking big names there. 

 

13:18

There's some rihanna remixes, there's some justin bieber stuff in there, amy Shark stuff, it's. Yeah, I said I wasn't going to say names, but but

 

13:24 - Alexis (Host)

You know that you're in good stead if that's the caliber of work, oh, absolutely. 

 

13:34 - Sam (Host)

Yeah, you say yeah, we're going to send our record there and they're going to do their job and they're going to be amazing at it. 

 

13:40 - Alexis (Host)

Yeah. 

 

13:41 - Sam (Host)

No, it's not that we don't love our friends locally, who are incredible masterers as well. 

 

13:52 - Alexis (Host)

You know who you are very true, very true. But you know it's all part of it, right? no, love it. 

 

13:56 - Sam (Host)

Once I learn more about mastering, then I'll join that list. 

 

13:59 - Alexis (Host)

But you know we won't talk about that you talented bear, do you need to add more things to your bow? 

 

14:05 - Sam (Host)

I'd love to. It's interesting 

 

14:06 - Alexis (Host)

You'd be really good at it actually well, no, because I haven't learned about it yet. 

 

14:12 - Sam (Host)

But that's okay, I'm gonna hold up the record again yes, get amongst it finding it in by g Gavin Bowles and the Distractions. If you get there quickly on Bandcamp, their limited edition pink vinyls are still available as of recording. 

 

14:32 - Alexis (Host)

Yes, yes, Do it. And on their Bandcamp they also have some merch packages. So they have cool tote bags and mugs and word on the street is the tote bags fit the vinyl in them. 

 

14:51 - Sam (Host)

I should have bought a tote bag as well. I have one. You do so. Not word on the street, word in your face. Look at that, I have one. People, you've got to watch this video because it looks a whole lot better than it sounds. 

 

15:09 - Alexis (Host)

It's a beautiful tote bag with pink writing and a pink phone yeah.

 

15:16 - Sam (Host)

Can you guys please sell phones as well? 

 

15:18 - Alexis (Host)

oh my gosh, can they? Sell phones that then have the attachment to go into the mobile so you can like have the mobile sitting there and you can like take a call I think we've just started a business venture. No one else is allowed to take this 

 

15:39 - Alexis (Host)

Do we patten it or something? 

 

15:39 - Sam (Host)

We'll think of a name and get back to you. 

 

15:45 - Alexis (Host)

I love it All. Right, brother, good job. 

 

15:49 - Sam (Host)

Thank you once again. Gavin Bowles and the Distractions, thank you for sending this super fast. I got this in about five days, if not less. 

 

15:58 - Alexis (Host)

Things take a little while to get over West, don't they? Yeah? 

 

16:02 - Sam (Host)

And it's been so much fun to listen to Check it out, Burning it In. We'll see you on the next one. 

 

16:13 - Alexis (Host)

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