Friends With Future Hits

27/09/2022

Look who's back! With a lovely new episode featuring Drew Makes Noise! 🙌🏻

The musical alias of Andrew Wilson, formerly of Ed Zealous, is known for his psych-pop-prog-rock jams formed from dreamy synths and beats. His latest single "Secret To Life" is a lush blend of ideas and inspirations from The Flaming Lips to Radiohead.

Link to the full interview here 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

05/07/2022

We back! With a brand new episode featuring Lavengro! 🙌🏻

The lads have been dominating Irish radio with indie-pop bangers since 2015. We chatted about their Goonies/Holly Humberstone inspired single "Strange Nights" - a big lush tribute to the 80s 🎸

Stream it here! 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

30/05/2022

Sam Wickens has just released his brilliant single "The Devil's With Me Now" and it's blowing up everywhere 🔥

We chatted & dissected it in episode 2 of Friends With Future Hits - available for you to stream here! 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

24/05/2022

We've officially hit 10 episodes! 🥳

This week, electro-pop twins ROOUE tell the story of how they ripped apart a finished song to perfect their latest single 'Orbit'. The track is amazing - check it out if you haven't already!

Listen here 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

18/05/2022

A clip from Dirty Dreamer on the less glamorous side to their recording sessions 😵‍💫 They trawl through hundreds of hours of jamming to find the finest moments for your ears 👌

Personally I like to think of it as a musical game of Where's Wally 🤓

The full episode is available to stream now! 👇
https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

17/05/2022

Episode 9 is out! 🙌🏻

Irish new-wave ambient band Dirty Dreamer chat about their latest single "Downhill", pieced together from their favourite ideas within hours upon hours of recorded improv jamming sessions.

They're like musical librarians, archiving every note, then sifting through it all to bring us 3mins of dreamy atmospheric gold.

Listen here! 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

16/05/2022

12/05/2022

A little snippet from Ciara O'Neill's episode - on how she embraced her inner Amélie 🇫🇷🥐

The full episode is available to stream now! https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

11/05/2022

I've set up a Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/FriendsWithFutureHits

The podcast is 100% independently run, so even if you could spare £1 a month, that would go a long way to keep things running! I pay to host the episodes on Podbean, but the interviews, mixing and editing only cost the time I can find and spare to do them 🙂

I'm hoping long-term that the podcast can be a resource for musicians to simplify the mysteries around recording and releasing music. It also gives an opportunity for artists to tell the complete story behind their tracks, and spotlight their talent and passion for their craft 👌

I'd really appreciate any support you could give!

Thanks!
Owen

10/05/2022

New episode out today! The amazing Ciara O'Neill chats about recording her French inspired single 'La Lune' with Michael Mormecha on production and Google translate as pronunciation coach 🇫🇷🥐

Stream in anywhere via this link 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

05/05/2022

Chats from Emma Langford on progressing from writing with solo shows in mind, to then having a full band behind her

Full episode on Sowing Acorns here! 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

📸 Shane J Horan Photographer

03/05/2022

A short clip from Laytha on their latest single 'Wavey Gamey'. They went into detail about how they amassed a supergroup of session musicians 🎻🥁🎸

Full episode here: https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

02/05/2022

Episode 7 is out now! Cousins in folk Laytha chat about now they made their brilliant new single "Wavey Gamey" with a super-team of session musicians, working remotely during the pandemic.

Stream it here 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

27/04/2022

Boojum & Beauty Sleep - the do's and don'ts of killer vocal takes 🎤🌯

Full episode available everywhere via this link! 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

25/04/2022

Episode 6 is out today! 🎉

Dreamy art-pop legends Beauty Sleep share their demos and stems to reconstruct their newest single "I Love It Here I Hate It". And I also suspect there was a secret agenda for creating the most chaotic episode so far 😄

Check it out anywhere you get your podcasts via this link: https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

11/04/2022

Monday means new Friends With Future Hits! 🕺🏻 📻

Owen Lamont Music is as talented as he is funny - making episode 5 a joy to make 😄

We chatted about his soul banger "Just Smile". Check it out anywhere you get your podcasts via this link!

https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

04/04/2022

Episode 4 is now available everywhere!

Fall Coffee Collective is the new collaborative project / supergroup made up of singer-songwriters Sarah McCreedy Music and Matt McIvor Music.

I met up with them to chat about their debut single "Ribcage", recorded entirely remotely during lockdown. It's a lovely acoustic banger 👌🏻

Stream the episode anywhere & everywhere here: https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

Hope you enjoy!

28/03/2022

Episode 3 is out today! It's about my song 'The Lie That You Think I Am'.

This was actually the pilot episode for the show - I made this when pitching the format to the first guests. But it was fun to share the behind-the-scenes for one of my favourite tunes I've written!

You can stream it on all podcast platforms here: https://linktr.ee/FriendsWithFutureHits

Thanks for the feedback and pitches so far! Please keep sending me your submissions to [email protected] - I love hearing what everyone's making and am trying my best to keep on top of it all 😀

Thanks!
Owen