
It’s Scorpio season, and all Michael wanted for his birthday this year was the chance to nominate another album to join the pantheon. Well who are we to deny people their wishes? Especially in this economy. So this week Michael is nominating a downtempo classic from the early aughts - “Simple Things” by Zero 7 - and we’ve enlisted former guest and TTRPG enthusiast, The Bad Spot's own Matt Risby, to serve as co-host and adjudicator. It’s an album that doesn’t sound like the rest of Michael’s angsty guitar-soaked favorites. It made a much bigger splash across the pond, and it may owe a lot to bands like Massive Attack and Air. We also have some things to say about Zero 7’s inclusion on the “Garden State” soundtrack, and well, there may or may not be a Mystery Science Theater 3000 style episode ahead of us. It’s the most chill way we could think of to celebrate Michael’s birthday. Tune in to see if he gets his wish.
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Theme music composed by Damien Figueras.
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