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Zach Sizemore
The Lunar Orbit is a weekly(ish) exploration of all things post-rock, shoegaze, ambient, instrumental, esoteric, and beyond. We explore music which helps you feel like you’re being taken out into space and invite you to tune in and relax to as much as you want. Show is hosted first on WRIR 97.3 Richmond (wrir.org) Friday's at 1am, then published on all podcast feeds the next day.
For a full collection of every song ever played on the show visit: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/48TS78dqDrfTsgctqA84s2?si=81fc5f94f1ab4774
The rights to all songs played on this show belong to the respective bands or artists. If you like something you hear, please go support them! This show is meant to share the music I love with a wider audience.
July 8, 2023 - The Albums of June
It’s a new month, which means we get to go over all of the awesome albums which came out in the last one! June definitely did not disappoint, let’s highlight some!Playlist: The Smile "Bending Hectic" from Bending Hectic - SingleFollow "Glimmer" from Old HauntsBear the Mammoth "Cridge" from Cridge - SingleSo Far As I Know "To Life's Horror Is to Laugh" from To Life's Horror Is to Laugh - SingleAfter-Math "Live In Awe" from Live In Awe of Our Dire ExistenceHalocraft "Particle" from Duality - SingleRøux "Myanmar" from Myanmar - SingleOV "When the World Started Breathing" from When the World Started Breathing - SingleShy, Low "The Salix" from Babylonica EPA World In Grayscale "Cygnus, The Swan" from To Watch the Swan FallSidus "Stage I: Rupture" from Seismos - SingleHalfpace "Walking Into Trains" from The Same Place You've Always KnownTransatlantic Alliance "Saint Wulfstan" from Saint Wulfstan (Mogwai Remix) - SingleHereafter "Marcescence" from New Leaves EPOreana "The Gift" from Gwynedd - SinglePulse of Silence "Across the Bridge of Illusion" from Across the Bridge of Illusion
01:58:5012/07/2023
July 1, 2023 – Live from the Apollo 13 Birthday Party
In the last couple of weeks, we have gotten a ton of awesome live performances from a few bands, wanted to spend about the first half of the show highlighting all of those, and then the second half listening to a killer assortment pulled from our master list! Also fun fact, Apollo 13, you know with Tom Hanks, was released 28 years ago today!Links to all the live performances below:we.own.the.sky – Youth [Recorded live at Fuzz Club, Athens]All Them Witches – Full Performance (Live on KEXP)Bear The Mammoth – Freshwater [Live at Bar 303, Melbourne]Zealand The North – Organic Structure [Live from The Conservatory]When Waves Collide – Into The Storm (- Live at Espace Wasarely -)L.O.E (Last Of Eden) – The World & Everything In It (Live at The Nave Studio in Leeds)Full playlist: we.own.the.sky "Youth" from HomeAll Them Witches "See You Next Fall" from Nothing as the IdealBear the Mammoth "Freshwater" from Freshwater - SingleZealand the North "Organic Structure" from Brightness of an Endless LightWhen Waves Collide "Into The Storm" from Into The Storm (Live)L.O.E "Sunset Silhouette" from Sunset Silhouette - SingleL.O.E "All That Glitters Is Not Gold" from All That Glitters Is Not Gold - SingleGrails "Future Primitive" from Deep PoliticsKrobak "It's Snowing Like It's the End of the World" from Little VictoriesOh Hiroshima "All Things Pass" from MyriadA Good Man Goes To War "Mombasa: Reinterpretation" from Mombasa: Reinterpretation - SingleMountain "Surely Looks Like, Char..." from Our Engines StallAswekeepsearching "B-303" from KhwaabSunbleed "The Harvest" from The Hunter and the Harvest - Single
01:59:3201/07/2023
June 24, 2023 – Approaching Warp Speeds
Lots of fun fast paced music on tonight’s show, math rock and other esoterica!Playlist: Challenger Deep "Like Giving Wings to a Tiger" from The Stuff of LegendsYndian Mynah "Socks On Astroturf" from The Boys Scribbled Like MadJapanese Sunday "Because You're Still Breathing" from Black Box Volume 1Trampoline "Escher (Live)" from Escher (Live) - SingleElephant Gym "Witches" from Dreamstricot "Android" from FudekiSawce "Shonen" from Shonen - Singletide/edit "Ten" from Foreign LanguagesThe Joy Formidable "Left Too Soon" from Into the Blue (Deluxe Edition)MUTEMATH "Blood Pressure (Live In Chicago)" from Play Dead LiveGabba "Overcurrent" from Overcurrent - SingleAkiba's Treat "Akihabara" from Akihabara - SingleLightspace "Oak Tree" from Levias - EPSouthern Space "Untangled" from Untangled - SingleTom's Story "Mugatu" from Tom's StoryPretend "Those Luminous Noises Are God" from Bones in the Soil, Rust in the OilKaz Moon "Mantra" from Bleed - EPtoe "1/21" from New Sentimentality - EP
01:57:0024/06/2023
June 10, 2023 – Entertainment Discs Go to Docking Bay 5
Another great new releases show you for you. Tons of awesome post-rock releases in May!Playlist: D. Majestic and the Spectral Band "The Tallest Man on the Moon" from The Tallest Man on the Moon - SingleEphilexia "Dreadfiend" from To Hell We Fly - SingleĒlūcescentia "Valoni" from Vuoret Jotka Laskeutuivat TaivaastaKlidas "Shores" from Shores - SinglePulse of Silence "Across the Bridge of Illusion" from Across the Bridge of IllusionStill Mountains "Into the Reach" from Into the Reach - SingleCount to Infinity "The Bleak Midwinter" from Suspended in Liminal SpacesDreare "Pyre Point" from ForegoneVircator "Mayan" from Bootstrap ParadoxZugabe "No Way Out" from Lowland - EPEphemeral Sky "Weltverstummen" from \ Philanthrop /circle&wind "Colors" from Colors - SingleGoGo Penguin "Parasite" from Everything Is Going to Be OKHope the flowers "Hold my hand" from Sonorous Faith, Pt. 2Mordwand "Unweave the Rainbow" from Cold White - Single
01:59:4710/06/2023
June 3, 2023 – Cosmic Overtures
We’re back live with LONG songs!! Overtures is the only way I can describe it. Perfect episode to let yourself be enveloped in the atmosphere of the music and enjoy.Playlist: King Buffalo "Goliath, Pt. 1" from OrionAll Them Witches "Acid Face" from Acid Face - EPElder "Weißensee" from The Gold & Silver SessionsKungens Män "Bortkopplad från tiden" from Stockholm MaratonDomo "Samsara" from DomoThe Kings Of Frog Island "Birth of a Star" from Birth of a Star - EP
01:58:3203/06/2023
May 20, 2023 – Passing Through the Ionosphere on Our Last Booster
Good evening! A little bit of quieter show tonight! Have been in an ambient mood this week! Featuring a couple more new tracks that we I didn't get to last episode, then going into some great music from the week. Playlist is below! Playlist: Dallas Skies "About a Girl" from About a Girl - SingleShy, Low "Instinctual Estrangement" from Instinctual Estrangement - SingleIt Was a Good Dream "A Decoration For Your Time" from RememoryKwoon "Interstellar (Post-Rock Version)" from Interstellar (Post-Rock Version) - SingleParahelio "Gestos y Distancia" from Surge Evelia, SurgeToothwalker "Reboot, Reinvent" from Reboot, Reinvent - SingleAramid "Fairhaven" from BoundApril Rain "Waiting For Sunrise" from Waiting for SunriseEchotal "Serrated Dream" from Serrated Dream - SingleGrandbrothers "Infinite" from Late ReflectionsAll India Radio "The Beginning, Pt. 1 (Demo Version)" from Lost Songs from InfinityMcLarnan "Nova" from Nova - SingleFor What You Burn "A Fleeting Encounter" from A Fleeting Encounter - SingleHammock "I'm a Sensory Explosion (feat. Lumenette)" from I'm a Sensory Explosion (feat. Lumenette) - SingleJoyCut "Novembre13_" from Thebluwave [Timeswhensilenceisapoem - Theicehasmelted - Andbleedingglaciersformourtears]_Mono "The Place" from My Story, The Buraku StoryBlack Hill "The Gathering of Deer" from Tales of the Night Forest
01:59:4020/05/2023
May 13, 2023 – Gather Round Kids, the Latest Starlink Upload Arrived!
On this episode we’ve got a whole slate of new releases from March until now! Been a while since we did a more release show, so a lot to catch up on! Playlist: Party Dozen "The Iron Boot" from The Real WorkArhios "Bara" from MiscibleEntropia "Retox" from TotalEmpires of Light "The Lights Became Blood" from AberrationsFargo "Berlin" from GeliArctic Rise "A Species With Amnesia" from A Species With AmnesiaDimwind "First Light Never Stays" from The Futility of BreathingLesotho "Crown of Echoes" from Through the Dying LightMushroom Giant "Earthrise" from In a ForestWhere Mermaids Drown "Statues Learn to Weep" from ReminisceHavemeyer "Hold the Line" from SlackerZugabe "if you fall" from if you fallHope the flowers "Life is Beautiful when you smile" from Sonorous Faith, Pt. 2Often the Thinker "Open, Weighted, Empty" from Sincere InsanityJason Keisling "Fiore" from Fiore - Single
01:59:1913/05/2023
April 29, 2023 – Apollo Was Only Possible with Support from Viewers Like You
After talking about it for weeks Wolfredt have finally dropped their new album and it’s awesome! That’s tonight, along with new live music from Besra and a whole lot of classic killer post-rock to take us into the weekend!Also! This is our last show during the 2023 Spring Fund Drive! If you would like to donate to WRIR, go to WRIR-LP 97.3 FM · Fund Drive Donation Spring 2023 (lglforms.com)Playlist:Wolfredt "The Seer" from IIIIBesra "Dwell in Gloom" from Live at Rødhouse Studio - SingleSLIFT "Ummon" from UMMONThought Trials "Resentful Messenger" from The Hiding Gene - EPLast Lungs "Look At That Old Grizzly Bear" from Look At That Old Grizzly BearThis Will Destroy You "I Believe In Your Victory" from Young MountainOvlov "Where's My Dini?" from AmTTNG "Left Aligned" from 13.0.0.0.0Goodbye Arthropods "Come Quickly There's a Deer Just Outside Eating Fruit from the Orchard" from I Miss DancingColdbones "The Burning of the Earth" from The CataclysmNothing "Hymn to the Pillory" from Guilty of EverythingSunlight Ascending "All the Memories, All at Once" from All the Memories, All at OnceMt. "Too Many Escape Darwin's Attention" from LethologicaBalmorhea "Ecco" from Clear Language
01:58:3230/04/2023
April 22, 2023 - Girl Scout Cookies Funded Apollo!
Tonight it’s the most wonderful time of the year. That’s right...The 2023 WRIR Spring Fund drive!! We’re celebrating the season with some big names like Explosions in the Sky (to celebrate their tour announcement!) and Caspian, plus some new (to me) bands like Diles que no me maten, Magic Sword and many more!!Playlist: Diles que no me maten "Wako" from La Vida De Alguien Más on Discos Hipnosis. Explosions In the Sky "Disintegration Anxiety" from The Wilderness on Bella Union.October Drift "Losing My Touch" from Forever Whatever on Physical Education Recordings Limited. Caspian "Asa" from The Four Trees on Caspian, LLC. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die "Getting Sodas" from Whenever, If Ever on The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die.Magic Sword "Mirage" from Badlands on Magic Sword....And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead "Another Morning Stoner" from Source Tags & Codes on Interscope. Transatlantic Alliance "Bouvet Island (feat. rhubiqs & Deer Park Ranger)" from Transatlantic Alliance on Post. Recordings. Marconi Union "Blowback (Edit)" from Blowback - Single on Just Music. Farmhouse Odyssey "Colossal Cypress" from Farmhouse Odyssey on Farmhouse Odyssey. VESUVE "HISTORIA NATURALIS" from PLINE on VESUVE.Tales Of Modernity "Echoes" from Fall of Giants on Tales Of ModernitySlowdive "Star Roving" from Slowdive on Dead Oceans. Godspeed You! Black Emperor "Anthem for No State, Pt. III" from Luciferian Towers on Constellation.
01:59:0922/04/2023
April 15, 2023 – Last Minute Trajectory Calculations
Inspired by me finally listening to the new Tricot album AND the new Covet album we got this week; I’m bringing you a killer math rock show! Tons of fast, technical, twinkling guitars plus some excellent overdriven vocal tracks – along with Tricot and Covet tune in for bands like The Mantra Discord, Psycada, Things Amazing, Standards, Asunojokei and a ton more! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Playlist:tricot "エンドロールに間に合うように" from 不出来 on cutting edge/8902 RECORDS. Genre: J-Pop COVET "firebird" from catharsis on Triple Crown Records. Genre: Alternative The Mantra Discord "Evening Aftermath (feat. Artyom Subichev)" from Relapse Into Silence on 2282924 Records DK2. Genre: Rock Asunojokei "Tidal Lullaby" from Island on Asunojokei HARU NEMURI "Rock 'N' Roll Wa Shinanai With Totsuzenshounen" from Harutosyura on Perfect Music. Genre: J-Pop Psycada "Forest" from Hiking Lung on 3977396 Records DK. Genre: Rock Elders "Why Don't Poor People Just Buy More Money?" from Elders - EP on The Barn. Genre: Rock Things Amazing "Transference" from Better Things - EP on Coup Sur Coup. Genre: Alternative Jean Loup "Lilith" from Lilith - Single on Jean Loup. Genre: Rock Valerian Swing "Dr. Pengl Is There" from A Sailor Lost Around the Earth on Pax Aeternum Digital. Genre: Alternative standards "Coconut" from Fruit Town on P-VINE RECORDS. Genre: Rock nuito "消ええらるる世界" from Unutella on studioNUITO. Genre: Alternative Slowdive "Avalyn II" from Just for a Day on Sony Music UK. Genre: Alternative Delta Sleep "Afterimage" from Afterimage - Single on Sofa Boy Records. Genre: Rock House Tours "Floaty Boaty" from Floaty Boaty - Single on House Tours. Genre: Alternative Of Two Minds "At a Distance" from At a Distance - Single on Of Two Minds. Genre: Rock AM Feeling Blew "Out Getting Ribs (Slowed)" from Out Getting Ribs (Slowed) - Single on 4570779 Records DK. Genre: Blues Good Game "Stitchface" from Don't Blow It - EP on Good Game. Genre: Pop Olde Pine "That's Git" from The EPs on So Lucky! Records. Genre: Alternative toe "グッドバイ -album version-" from For Long Tomorrow on Machupicchu Industrias. Genre: Pop
01:59:5215/04/2023
The Moon Needs a Midwest (March 25, 2023)
A test episode for a new podcast uploads. On this episode we bring you a ton of great new post rock, including new tracks from Wolfredt, Methadone Skies, Winter Dust, We Shine Every Night and a ton more! Song List:Winter Dust "Castelli Di Sabbia" from Unisono on Voice Of The Unheard Records. Genre: RockWolfredt "Under the Spell" from IIII on Wolfredt. Genre: RockWe Shine Every Night "Sunset Choir" from Memory and Imagination on We Shine Every Night. Genre: RockMethadone Skies "The Velvet Suit" from The Velvet Suit - Single on Methadone Skies. Genre: Rockbrokenatoms "Megalith Rising" from Megalith Rising - Single on 1816960 Records DK. Genre: ElectronicWitch Ripper "Icarus Equation" from Icarus Equation - Single on Magnetic Eye Records. Genre: RockGolden Hymns Sing 'Hurrah' "The Homeland's Song ('Tired Are the Eyes' or 'the Last Dying Heartbeat Of...')" from The Homeland's Song ('Tired Are the Eyes' or 'the Last Dying Heartbeat Of...') - EP on 727571 Records DK2. Genre: AlternativeMansion "The Sword of God" from Second Death on Mansion. Genre: RockNo Pine Mall "Her" from No Pine Mall - EP on No Pine Mall. Genre: AlternativeVia Luna "The Son of Geoff" from Muted Earth - EP on Via Luna. Genre: RockLisette Lowe "Dark Nights (feat. After-Math & Isaac Landin Flower)" from Dark Nights (feat. After-Math & Isaac Landin Flower) - Single on Lisette Lowe. Genre: AlternativeFeed Me To The Waves "Underwater Breathing Exercise" from Apart on dunk!records. Genre: RockOften the Thinker "A Mother's Sting" from A Mother's Sting - Single on Self Released. Genre: JazzBlue-Sky Spirits "A House on Fire" from Something Human on 3584537 Records DK. Genre: Alternative
02:00:0229/03/2023