I was pleased to learn that Chris Murphy & Jay Ferguson from the band Sloan have a podcast for their record label, murderecords. The first episode features Chris & Jay speaking with Joel Plaskett about posthumously remixing and releasing songs from their mutual friend and musical collaborator, Matthew Grimson.

I hadn’t heard of Matthew Grimson, but hearing these three songwriters spend an hour talking about what Grimson’s music was to them struck me. It’s so easy to hear so much music now, that having a reason to listen more closely is a treasure.

A conversation like this managed to make me care about 25-year-old low-fi recordings from a mostly unknown songwriter. I’d love to hear more sincere and in-depth conversations like this around other recordings.