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Oliver Sim in conversation with Steve

Steve Lamacq chats with Oliver Sim about his new solo album - Hideous Bastard. They discuss the record's themes, working with Jimmy Somerville & Oliver's love of Horror Films.

Steve Lamacq chats with Oliver Sim about his new solo album - Hideous Bastard - which will be released on 9 September through Young.

Sim formed The xx in 2005 alongside Romy Madley Croft and Jamie xx - with the band going onto release three albums - xx in 2009, Coexist in 2012 and I See You in 2017.
It is a collection of songs produced by bandmate Jamie xx and inspired by Sim鈥檚 love of horror movies and his own life experience. On the album Sim says: 'There is no resolution. There are tons of open-ended questions that I suppose are only answered by me existing and putting out the music. I had a real wobble in the middle of making the album when I wondered if I was perpetuating this idea of the self-loathing homosexual. That's not what I am trying to do. When I鈥檓 at my most self-loathing, the last thing I'm doing is talking about it. The fact that I'm writing about these things and putting them out into the world is the opposite of shame to me. I don鈥檛 see this record as being a Debbie Downer.'

Plus, Steve continues the National Anthem search as we're after a song to soundtrack a current news story, there is brand new music from Dry Cleaning, and another 3-4-Tea mix at 5pm as Steve picks a trio of tunes, old and new to get us past 5pm.

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Wed 7 Sep 2022 16:00
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Music Played

  • Placebo

    Pure Morning

    • Columbia.

  • First Aid Kit

    Out Of My Head

    • Columbia.

  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Gut.

  • Denzel Curry

    Melt Session #1 (feat. Robert Glasper)

    • Loma Vista.

  • Marlena Shaw

    California Soul

    • Sampled 3 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • October Drift

    Waltzer

    • Physical Education Recordings Limited.

  • Public Service Broadcasting

    A Cello Sings in Daventry (feat. Seth Lakeman)

  • David Bowie

    Rebel Rebel

    • EMI.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Burning

    • Secretly Canadian.

  • Prima Queen

    Eclipse

    • Big Indie.

  • Lady Sovereign

    So Human

    • So Human.
    • Midget Records.
    • 2.

  • Ezra Furman

    Lilac and Black

    • Bella Union.

  • Snapped Ankles

    Come Play the Trees

    • Come Play the Trees.
    • The Leaf Label.
    • 1.

  • The Rezillos

    I Can't Stand My Baby

  • Self Esteem

    Wizardry (Block Them Edit)

    • Fiction Records.

  • 厂鈥椭虫辫谤别蝉蝉

    Superfly Guy

    • Ultimate.
    • Camden.
    • 54.

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Headspace

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Delinquent Habits

    California (feat. Sen Dog)

    • It Could Be Round Two.
    • Delinquent Habits.

  • Dry Cleaning

    Gary Ashby

    • Stumpwork.
    • 4AD.

  • Daniel Avery

    Higher (feat. SHERELLE)

    • Phantasy Sound.

  • Klaxons

    It's Not Over Yet

    • Polydor.

  • Suede

    15 Again

    • BMG.

  • Nitin Sawhney

    Beyond Skin

    • Beyond Skin.
    • Outcaste Records.

  • The Beths

    Expert In A Dying Field

    • Carpark Records.

  • The Notorious B.I.G.

    Mo Money Mo Problems (feat. Diddy & Mase)

  • Chilli Jesson

    Circles

    • Fiction Records.

  • The Communards

    You Are My World

    • The Singles Collection 1984-1990.
    • London.
    • 7.

  • Oliver Sim

    Hideous

  • Oliver Sim

    Run The Credits

    • Young.

  • The Supernaturals

    I Wasn't Built to Get Up

    • A Tune A Day.
    • Food.
    • 4.

  • Gorillaz

    New Gold (feat. Tame Impala & Bootie Brown)

    • Parlophone.

  • Dolly Mixture

    Everything And More

  • Dictator

    Conquistador

    • Rubik's Cube.
    • Blackhall Records Ltd.

  • Been Stellar

    Manhattan Youth

    • So Young Records.

  • Betty Harris

    There's A Break In The Road

    • SSS International.

  • Martha

    Baby Does Your Heart Sink

    • Please Don't Take Me Back.
    • Specialist Subject records.

Broadcast

  • Wed 7 Sep 2022 16:00
    成人快手 Radio 6 Music