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No Tone Unturned

E6 | Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane

Season 1, Ep. 6

In the paradisal dreamscape of ‘Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane’, there is everything one could ever want: the perfect love, the perfect kid, the perfect house…yet something sinister lurks beneath the surface. We explore the psychological civil war and how Guns and Roses’ ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ fits into this routine nightmare. 


No Tone Unturned is a docu-podcast series that takes Australian music seriously.


Every season, we’ll take 1 significant Australian album, and work our way through it from start to finish, one song per episode. We’ll comb through each and every verse to unpack the lyrics, songwriting techniques and philosophy behind the tunes that have moved this country.


Follow us across socials @scrubbingmedia. Check out the pinned post on Instagram for a chance to win a ‘Go Farther In Lightness' vinyl or VERY limited edition alternate cover art signed vinyl of ‘angel in realtime’


A full list of references can be found publicly listed on the Scrubbing Media Patreon. View here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/no-tone-unturned-105597864 

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