{"id":297671,"date":"2025-09-24T21:58:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-episode-51-bringing-melody-back-to-pop-music\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T21:58:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:58:33","slug":"the-catholic-culture-podcast-episode-51-bringing-melody-back-to-pop-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-episode-51-bringing-melody-back-to-pop-music\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 51 &#8211; Bringing Melody Back to Pop Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"date\">Sep 19, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Indie rock trio The Duskwhales formed almost 10 years ago at a<br \/>\nsmall Catholic high school in Virginia. Over that decade, four<br \/>\nalbums and three EPs, they have forged a distinctly melodic sound<br \/>\nin contrast to today\u2019s joyless pop milieu. Their vocal harmonies<br \/>\nhearken back to The Beatles and The Beach Boys, while their<br \/>\norgan-heavy instrumentation (no bass player in their live shows)<br \/>\nsets them apart from contemporary rock bands. In this 10-year<br \/>\ncareer retrospective they discuss their musical output so far, the<br \/>\nimportance of their friendship and faith to their survival and<br \/>\ncontinual artistic growth as a band, the loss of melody and retro<br \/>\nclones in modern pop music, and more. You\u2019ll hear clips from their<br \/>\neclectic discography, including their new EP, <em>Take It<br \/>\nBack<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Duskwhales are Seth Flynn (vocals, guitar), Brian Majewski<br \/>\n(keyboards, vocals), and Chris Baker (drums, vocals). All music<br \/>\nused with permission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Buy The Duskwhales\u2019 music <a href=\"https:\/\/theduskwhales.bandcamp.com\/\">https:\/\/theduskwhales.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheDuskwhales\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheDuskwhales\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Episode 5 on The Duskwhales&#8217; EP\u00a0<em>Hospital<br \/>\nDreams<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/podcast\/index.cfm?id=5\">https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/podcast\/index.cfm?id=5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interview with The Duskwhales&#8217;\u00a0<em>Sorrowful<br \/>\nMysteries<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/otc.cfm?id=1473&amp;repos=6&amp;subrepos=2&amp;searchid=1954436\">https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/otc.cfm?id=1473<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kurt Poterack on melody <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getprinciples.com\/a-people-without-melody\/\">https:\/\/www.getprinciples.com\/a-people-without-melody\/<\/a><br \/>\nand rhythm in popular music <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getprinciples.com\/the-rhythm-of-popular-music\/\">https:\/\/www.getprinciples.com\/the-rhythm-of-popular-music\/<\/a><br \/>\nand McCartney\u2019s \u201cYesterday\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/kpoterackblog.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/26\/yesterday\/\">https:\/\/kpoterackblog.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/26\/yesterday\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. 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