Brian reports back on Gigi Perez's At the Beach, In Every Life, and the verdict lands somewhere between appreciation and exhaustion. Which songs are keepers? Which songs leave Brian and Cort wondering whether they've accidentally wandered into an entirely different album. Along the way they discuss what is possibly Spotify's most baffling artist bio, and Brian develops a strange guilt complex for the most Brian of reasons.

There's also a discussion of music fans. Has fandom become a soulless, bullying soufflé of entitlement?

Cort gives a genuinely heartfelt tribute to the late Anthony Stewart Head (yes, Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and that leads to an unexpected detour through Chess, "One Night in Bangkok," and the surprisingly musical Head family.

The conversation wraps with World Cup fever, hydration breaks, the foreign team receiving the most American experience while visiting America, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Bonnaroo, and a new assignment from Brian that he boldly declares to be a genuine masterpiece. Oh! And the Random Podcast Generator bit may have finally paid off.

Theme Song: Cyrus Oh Cyrus - The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492

Gigi Perez's At the Beach, In Every Life - https://open.spotify.com/album/4fULdU3VoqC0M1IHhVTAQ4?si=qooSV-rTRoKrU1M-xdcDgA

Brian's Assignment to Cort: Goodbye Jumbo - World Party https://open.spotify.com/album/2V2L3lPqjL9L2bS3tqvZ4S