Scott has chosen a masterpiece, Donkey Kong Goes Home by Dana Walden, which is not a videogame soundtrack but a standalone musical narrative. This album is truly like nothing you have ever heard before, and not only is this kid oriented album a piece of history, featuring the first official Mario voice, but it also discusses themes such as bondage, psyops, commercial real-estate, and capitalism.

Phoneboy, the sequel! Iisha picked the sophomore album of the Hoboken softboy alt-pop band Phoneboy, Moving Out, hoping it would spark the same joy their previous self-titled album Phoneboy did. It did not. Consensus of the Ziggies is that this album is a little too generic, a little less sincere, and a little boring overall, a "guess we've gotta put out another one" money grab of obligation rather than the fresh eyed musicianship seen in their previous album. The only thing we'll be Moving Out of is listening to anymore of this album, unfortunately. I also delayed uploading this episode for a long time but don't remember why. If you find something wrong with it, comment and let me know!

The cultural divide is deep with this one: Zak's pick, Everything Goes Numb by Streetlight Manifesto! A moving punk classic full of melancholy and the will to live, or Johnny Test Sonic music for ten year olds? You decide!

CALIFORNIA HERE WE GO. CALIFORNIA HERE WE GO. The Ziggies have visited me in California, and we were there for a wild night in Orange County! In this episode we discussed Kiss My Superbowl Ring by the punk duo of The Garden, along with a discussion of how we were fighting for our lives at the Garden concert. Jamil was horrified.

Another special guest- Gil! His pick: J. Cole! Was it good? I thought so, but some called it aggressively mid. What do you think-? Let us know! Tune in to this especially fun episode of Album Club.

We've had another guest star this week-Brian! who picked Circles Around the Sun by DISPATCH! This is some truly American music, filled with rock, folk, country, roots, blues, and whatever else tunes and influences that come together for a pretty good experience. Tune in to hear Zak fall for fake news!

GC pick! This week's listen was MOTOMAMI by ROSALIA, a glittery, Berganlie-y, Spanish album that Scott defined as the fine line between Sewerslvt and Shakira.

Iisha pulled the Zak classic and backpedaled on John "Villain" Legend, so we ended up listening to Big Baby DRAM by DRAM this week! Full of hits and comfort songs, DRAM has a great mix of cute and certifiable lyrics and tunes for both hype and mellow happy days.