James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

BBC Sounds

For James Acaster 2016 is the greatest year for music of all time. Following a breakup James set out to rekindle his love for music by buying hundreds of new and niche releases from 2016. Now he's sharing his obsession with fellow comedians, exploring his favourite albums: from Beyoncé's internet-breaking Lemonade, to Colombian math rock fusion, and everything in between.

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117 episodes
Updated May 27, 2022

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Nov 20, 2020 · 26 min
Romesh Ranganathan & head-scrambling math rap
Romesh is delighted to discover Badd Timing by The Sooper Swag Project.
Nov 13, 2020 · 23 min
Sarah Keyworth & a mysterious choral album
Sarah needs convincing about the story behind Songs I-V by Rocks & Waves Song Circle.
Nov 13, 2020 · 17 min
BONUS SOUNDS: Cyril Yeterian from Bongo Joe
James explores the mystery behind Songs I-V by Rocks & Waves Song Circle.
Nov 6, 2020 · 21 min
Joe Sutherland & Car Seat Headrest's Teens of Denial
Joe has the pleasure of a massive indie hit for his second appearance on the podcast.
Oct 30, 2020 · 19 min
Sophie Duker & a raw, genre-hopping record
Sophie is back and absolutely loves Mal Devisa's debut album Kiid.
Oct 23, 2020 · 29 min
Rachel Parris & blissful ambient folk
Rachel is drawn to the folk side of Karima Walker's album.
Oct 16, 2020 · 29 min
Kwame Asante & noise rock
Kwame puts in the work for A Self-Help Tragedy by Doomsday Student.
Oct 9, 2020 · 31 min
Eleanor Tiernan & recorder prog folk rock
Eleanor is challenged by the album A V by Surface To Air Missive.
Oct 9, 2020 · 13 min
BONUS SOUNDS: Netty Rhodes & the SWeet Recorder Consort
James attempts to learn Morning Thought by Surface To Air Missive from scratch.
Oct 2, 2020 · 21 min
John Kearns & teenage three piece rock
John prefers the second half of Out of Sight by Falling.
Sep 25, 2020 · 22 min
Alison Spittle & dark spoken word
Alison has a strong reaction to Rook to TN34 by eMMplekz.
Sep 18, 2020 · 27 min
Guz Khan & Ethiopian Crunch
Guz is on board with this hybrid of hard rock and Ethiopian music.
Sep 18, 2020 · 20 min
BONUS SOUNDS: Damien Cluzel
James chats to the guitarist at the heart of both the uKanDanZ and Pixvae albums.
Sep 11, 2020 · 26 min
Kemah Bob & Colombian Crunch
Kemah Bob marvels at this brand new genre from the band Pixvae.
Sep 4, 2020 · 23 min
Jack Rooke & twisted-pop
Jack meets the NHS nurse Law Holt's cheating diva alter ego in her twisted pop album.
Aug 28, 2020 · 26 min
Athena Kugblenu & Japanese folk-indie-jazz fusion
Athena gets into this one of kind album that fuses Japanese folk with many genres.
Aug 21, 2020 · 28 min
Gabriel Ebulue & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Skeleton Tree
Gabriel shares his love for this ominous and emotional album steeped in personal tragedy.
Aug 14, 2020 · 27 min
Dane Baptiste & Kojey Radical’s 23Winters
Hip-hop fan Dane discovers the masterful EP spanning rap, spoken word, and Kojey's dad.
Aug 14, 2020 · 27 min
BONUS SOUNDS: Kojey Radical
A bonus conversation with Kojey Radical recorded live at the 6Music Festival.
Aug 7, 2020 · 27 min
Mae Martin and a drone folk crossover
Mae gets dark and moody to drone folk by Irish singer-songwriter Katie Kim.