Our June CD of the Month: The Fear of Never Landing by Marconi Union.
Our June CD of the Month is The Fear of Never Landing by Marconi Union. The band has gone through a few changes since we last heard them in 2021 with the album, Signals. The band started as a duo of Jamie Crossley and Richard Talbot in 2003 with their debut Under Wires and Searchlights. They played their first concert ever on Echoes in 2005. In 2012 Duncan Meadows joined the band, bringing a more melodic sensibility to the group. Now Talbot has left, making the band a duo again, and their sound has evolved. Their new album, The Fear of Never Landing, plays as a seamless journey into the skies, but it could also be heard as a journey into the unknown, finding their new voice after the departure of Talbot. It’s a beautiful release as you’ll hear today. John Diliberto, who always lands, brings it to us on Echoes from PRX.
Read John Diliberto’s review of The Fear of Never Landing
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Monday, June 2, 2025 – Echoes Program 2522A |
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Start Time |
Group Name |
Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:00 | David Helpling & Eric “the” Taylor | For Those in Shadow | The Precious Dark |
| 0:06:00 | Marconi Union | Eight Miles High Alone | The Fear of Never Landing |
| 0:13:47 | Ottmar Liebert | Bombay: Night of Dreams | The Hours Between Night and Day |
| 0:17:57 | Suzanne Vega | Last Train from Mariopol | Flying with Angels |
| 0:20:42 | Oregon | Tide Pool | The Essential Oregon |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Marconi Union | Silence is Gliding | The Fear of Never Landing |
| 0:35:42 | Ruth Radelet/Nat Walker/Adam Miller | Without a Trace | The Lost Records Bloom and Rage |
| 0:39:51 | Klangwelt | Anyway | Second Nature |
| 0:45:43 | break | ||
| 0:46:25 | All India Radio | Catch The Breeze (Slowdive Cover) | Catch The Breeze |
| 0:50:43 | Marconi Union | Crystalline | The Fear of Never Landing |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Peppino D’Agostino & Stef Burns | Better World | Bayshore Road |
| 1:06:00 | Marconi Union | Motion | The Fear of Never Landing |
| 1:14:22 | Olafur Arnalds & Loreen | The Sound of Breathing | Sages |
| 1:18:03 | Vangelis | Fields of Coral | Oceanic |
| 1:24:52 | Greg Lisher | Snowblind | Underwater Detection Method |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Marconi Union | One More Rush | The Fear of Never Landing |
| 1:32:41 | Andrew Schoen | Reciprocity (feat. Wendell Hanna & Carl Weingarten) | Soulever |
| 1:38:41 | Herbert & Momoko | Fallen Again | Clay |
| 1:45:57 | break | ||
| 1:46:52 | Marconi Union | Cloud Surfing | The Fear of Never Landing |
On the next Echoes music by French singer Oklou. She’s just released her debut album with an enigmatic name, Choke Enough. She started out in classical cello and piano before switching-on. Her debut is a beautiful album of downtempo dream-pop. It’s part of the soundscape on Echoes with John Diliberto from PRX.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025 – Echoes Program 2522B |
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Start Time |
Group Name |
Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:00 | The Royal Arctic Institute | May Her Memory be a Blessing | The Royal Arctic Institute |
| 0:06:00 | Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy | WaterSky | WaterSky |
| 0:14:07 | AvaWaves | Bones | Heartbeat |
| 0:17:29 | Azure Ray | Scattered Like Leaves | As Above So Below |
| 0:21:05 | John Carpenter | Fallen | Lost Themes 10th Anniversary Expanded Edition |
| 0:25:42 | Mark Peters | Motion Code | Sunset Pulse (EP) |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Oklou | Thank You for Recording | Choke Enough |
| 0:32:45 | Oklou | Endless | Choke Enough |
| 0:36:20 | break | ||
| 0:36:40 | Ryan Farish | Natural Energy | Under the Stars |
| 0:40:46 | Ozric Tentacles | The Unusual Village | Technicians of the Sacred |
| 0:46:56 | Reyna Tropical | Kourtesis | Malegria en la Oscuraid (EP) |
| 0:52:10 | Kaya Project | Obsidian Beats | _..& So It Goes |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Marconi Union | Exhale | The Fear of Never Landing |
| 1:06:00 | Mike Oldfield | Hergest Ridge Part One | Hergest Ridge |
| 1:14:21 | Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke | The White Cliffs | Tall Tales |
| 1:22:10 | Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips | Rolling Tides | Breath & Bow |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Kevin Braheny | Desert Walkabout (1987) | Western Spaces (v/a) |
| 1:36:35 | Course | Clouds | Hue Mirror |
| 1:40:03 | Ben Neill | Blisspeak | Blisspeak (single) |
| 1:44:48 | break | ||
| 1:45:30 | Robert Rich | Callyx | Medicine Box |
| 1:51:12 | Aeseaes | Desire | Opia |
| 1:54:35 | Cowboy Sadness | 23 Seltzer | Across the Horizon Vol.1 (v/a) |
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