Shannon & the Clams’ Shannon Shaw on Building Something Beautiful in the Wake of Tragedy

Depresh Mode with John Moe

Maximum Fun

Mental Health, Comedy, John Moe, Comedy Interviews, Interview, Health & Fitness

5 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

After her fiancé died, Shannon got to work processing the grief and making a new album.

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0:00.0	Look, I'm not going to sugarcoat it.
0:02.4	This week's episode is hard.
0:05.0	It can be a tough listen.
0:06.8	It talks about death, sudden, unexpected, horrible death.
0:11.8	It talks about the searing pain of grief.
0:15.0	And you can hear the pain and the grief of the person who I talk with.
0:20.1	So, yeah, I'm not going to sugarcoat that.
0:22.8	But I'm also not going to, I don't know what the opposite of sugarcoat is. I guess salt coat.
0:29.7	I'm not going to salt coat it either. This week's episode is beautiful and inspirational.
0:36.3	It talks about the love being felt by the person I talked to
0:40.1	and the love of a lot of people around her and about the art and insight and preservation of
0:46.6	love that can emerge even from unimaginable tragedy. So the episode is about love and loss,
0:57.7	about pain and beauty, and all those things coexisting. It's a lot. So get ready. It's Depression Mode. I'm John Moe. I'm glad you're here.
1:17.6	Shannon Shaw is the lead singer of the band Shannon and the Clams.
1:23.8	Wikipedia describes them as an indie garage punk band that incorporates elements of doo-wop,
1:27.4	classic R&B, garage psych, and surf music. Shannon and the Clam's new album is
1:30.2	The Moon is in the Wrong Place, just came out last Friday, and it has to do with some very
1:35.3	specific subject matter. In August of 2022, Shannon's fiancé, Joe Hainer, died in an auto accident.
1:44.3	They were due to be married later that year.
1:47.2	Joe was also a close friend of the other members of the band.
1:51.0	Most of the music on the moon is in the wrong place was written in the aftermath of that loss.
1:57.9	And like I said about this episode of our show, I won't sugarcoat it. The album can be a lot
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