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The Listening Club - 12th April 2026 Hey there listening chums! It's **@JimMcCauley** here, keeping **@kleptones** ' seat warm while he's away in, I think, Paris, where I once very briefly met Lou Reed. Here in Bath it's very much staying-in weather, but I was out last night seeing two of my previous LC picks in one go: Jane Weaver and, in her band, Serafina Steer on harp. A fun evening but the audience was a little thin, perhaps because Tori Amos was playing in the same building and I'd imagine there's quite a fan crossover there. Anyway, to business. Last week I was otherwise engaged and missed **@soundclamp** 's pick of '**Swollen** ' by **Hetch Hetchy** , an album with more R.E.M. connections than you can shake a shiny happy stick at. It certainly seemed to go down well with the assembled, so thanks to Dan for the pick and for a well-flung frisbaton in the direction of **@vinomadic** , who is waiting eagerly to address you all: _"Double bubble, toil and trouble??_ _Have a lot on my plate, but it seems so does every other Mother's son and daughter and arbitrarily, socially gendered, non-binary child...!_ _Made a quick decision to snatch the Frizz-Bat(R)on in mid-air as I 'browsingly' stumbled across an impulsive choice that might help us shake that funky thing a bit off our burden bags...funnily enough-- as the original selection, the artist's first recorded outing at age 19, clocked in at a scant 22 minutes, thought I'd make it a two-fer (just as I did last time at bat!) adding the 4th album-- a rather well-known, notorious outing in this act's varied & generous output..._ _Fairly recognisable from the git-go, dare say. Been trying to write a bit more since Sunday night, but all that stuff on my plate keeps messing with my attention, calling me away... <sigh>_ _I trust there will be good conversation & digital craic over the internet waves on Sunday, cheers!"_ Splendiferous. Grab yourself a download here, or stream below. Listen to <a href="https://hearthis.at/Q6VgqDJX/lc12042026/" target="_blank">The Listening Club - 12 April 2026</a> by<a href="https://hearthis.at/Q6VgqDJX/" target="_blank">Jedburgh</a> on <a href="https://hearthis.at/" target="_blank">hearthis.at</a> Catch you at 8PM BST! https://thelisteningclub.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-listening-club-12th-april-2026.html