Tyson Motsenbocker is quite an anomaly. He's a young, hip songwriter/artist who crafts alternative, modern-sounding pop (in the tradition of Postal Service or Death Cab) with obvious compositional influences coming from sources much older. He is also willing to tackle difficult, even controversial issues – including racism, hypocrisy, addiction, immaturity, and mental health challenges – with both scathing insight and self-deprecating wit. And as if that is not enough, after spending his formative years in the Evangelical subculture, Motsenbocker leaves one foot in that world, even while critiquing it and his own long-held beliefs, in the process. His latest album, Milk Teeth, dives headfirst into the complicated subject of adulthood as it contemplates our collective loss of vision, empathy, and imagination as our childish ways erode. From Steinbeck to surfing, Motsenbocker offers a flurry of revealing metaphors for his own faltering but committed, spiritual, cultural, and relational journey through life.
On our Jukebox feature, we take a careful listen to another of our favorite young artists, Madison Cunningham, who sang with Tyson on his previous LP and hails from the same hometown (San Diego.) Cunningham's new Revealer LP is finally available and well worth the wait.
For the full list of music used on this episode and a lot more, visit the Show Notes page at TrueTunes.com/MilkTeeth.
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Renaissance Man Jimmy Abegg (+ Peter Gabriel & Lowland Hum on the Jukebox)
Amy Grant‘s Secret: 2 Jobs & A Prayer
Natalie Bergman’s Jesus Music for a New Generation
Taylor Leonhardt Learns a Language REMIX (+Tapestry, Wrecking Ball, 1,000 Kisses & Raising Sand on the Jukebox)
Rich Mullins: The Lost Interview Pt 2 (Rich + McVicker, Madeira & Webb + Andrew Peterson on the Jukebox)
Rich Mullins: The Lost Interview Pt. 1 (The Ragamuffins Set The Stage)
Phil Madeira (Part 2 of 2) Jazz, Scapegoats, & Resolution
Phil Madeira (Part 1 of 2) Deep Roots & Expanding Horizons
Kevin Max: Considering Boundaries + Mark Heard’s ”Dry Bones Dance”
Jukebox Takeover #3: 20 Great Albums of 2020
Jukebox Takeover #2 The Christmas Music of Over The Rhine (Making Space for Beauty and Grace)
Marc Byrd ”Hidden” BONUS Episode w Marc Byrd: (Hammock Live, Theology, and TT Patreon Launch)
Marc Byrd: Hammock, God of Wonders, & Hearing the Beauty Beyond the Noise
Larry Norman & his son Mike; It’s Complicated…
The Electric Jesus Story (So Far...) w Brian Baumgartner, Chris White, & Daniel Smith: [The Beauty of Failure and Art Vs. Propaganda]
Buddy Miller: Learning To Listen with Big Ears
Ella Mine and the Beauty, Purpose, and Potential of Darkness and Pain in Art
More Musical Adulting w Waterdeep, Living Artfully in Tandem (Part 2 of 2)
Music for Adults w Waterdeep + Buddy & Julie Miller on the Jukebox (Part 1 of 2)
Sandra McCracken: Singing A New Song + At The Foot of the Cross
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