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Podcast: Look At My Records!
Episode: Episode 181: Johnny Dynamite
Description: Johnny Dynamite joins Tom for Episode 181 of Look At My Records! The Brooklyn synth-pop king just released his second solo album, Sleeveless, on Born Losers Records, and it builds off of the dark and dreamy sound of his 2020 debut, Heartbroken. Like that record, Sleeveless sees Dynamite leaning heavily into synth-driven arrangements and electronic production to create songs that tell vivid stories, both based in reality and fiction. Listen to our interview to hear about how Johnny got his stage name, Johnny Dynamite, from a comic book character that his late grandfather Pete Morisi created, the lyrical inspiration behind the...