S3E10 Felt "Street Level Superstar" Author Will Hodgkinson

About this episode

The episode features an in-depth discussion with author Will Hodgkinson about Felt's album 'Forever Breathes the Lonely Word' and its impact.

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where three old friends take a second listen to influential bands' albums, track by track. For our third season, we've each selected five albums that we think deserve a good old Backtracking. Seven emails on the way to Avalon: ⁠backtrackingrox@gmail.com⁠ LISTEN TO THE ALBUM Felt "Forever Breathes the Lonely Word" CHAPTERS 0:00: You’re going to have a great time, JW. 0:13: The Production Values of This Podcast Are Great 1:11: Felt, Lawrence, and “Street Level Superstar” 5:49: Welcome Will Hodgkinson 7:22: Lawrence’s World 11:45: Lawrence as Lyricist 17:55: Lawrence’s Sense of His Career 23:25: The Pop Star Fantasy 27:00: The Outside Artist Spectrum 32:30: The Influence of Felt 35:50: Lawrence’s Collaborators 44:40: 2026: The Year of Lawrence? 55:45: Buy “Street Level Superstar” Now! 57:50: Bonus: Will Recommends Bongwater “Too Much Sleep” 55:45: Buy “Street Level Superstar” Now! 1:00:05: Adieu, Lawrence. WILL HODGKINSON LINKS The Times of London: thetimes.com/profile/will-hodgkinson WWW: ⁠ willhodgkinsonwriter.com/ Instagram: ⁠@ will.hodgkinson Twitter: ⁠ @ Willjhodgkinson BACKTRACKING SOCIALS Twitter: ⁠@backtrackingrox⁠ YouTube…

People in this episode

Host: Backtracking

Guest: Will Hodgkinson

Topics covered

• Felt
• Lawrence
• music influence
• lyricism
• album review

Keywords

• Felt
• Street Level Superstar
• Will Hodgkinson
• Lawrence
• album review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Times of London

Books & works: Street Level Superstar, Forever Breathes the Lonely Word

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