Kurt Ballou
American musician and record producerWikipedia
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Sep 25, 2026
Tyler SonnichsenGUEST
For me, writing about the Dead Milkmen, going into that project, I knew I wasn't gonna get Dave Blood's side of the story.
Tyler SonnichsenGUEST
I was very fortunate to be able to talk to Kurt, his youngest brother, as well as some other people who were not just his, not just his former bandmates, but other people who were, were very close to Dave, um, you know, and es- even, even especially in the years, like, following the breakup of the Dead Milkmen leading up to Dave's suicide in 2004.
Tyler SonnichsenGUEST
Um, I think for writing about The Cars or even reading about The Cars, it's an, it, it's so fascinating because Ric, there's a lot of horrible things.
Tyler SonnichsenGUEST
[laughs] Like, there's a, like, when people say like, "Oh, a complicated individual," that usually means there's a lot of really bad shit that his fans probably didn't wanna know.
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Tyler SonnichsenGUEST
A lot of it was recorded in New Orleans.
Tyler SonnichsenGUEST
And I think in the liner notes, it said, "Shot on location in New Orleans." I'm like, "Oh, cinematic," you know? I was...
Tyler SonnichsenGUEST
I think Kurt, Kurt Ballou from Converge, I interviewed him once, and he said that your mid-20s is peak pretentious, is your, like-
ForrestHOST
Yeah.
Justin SwindleHOST
You mentioned a Converge tie-in earlier.
Justin SwindleHOST
They initially wanted to record this album with Kurt Ballou, but their schedules couldn't line up.
Justin SwindleHOST
And imagine how much louder this record could have been.
Justin SwindleHOST
Oh, yeah.
DuncanHOST
always about the girth Dave
DaveHOST
it's also produced by Kurt Ballou so like I mean that's
DuncanHOST
why there's girth Dave
DaveHOST
yeah expect excellence in the production yeah it wasn't it's not my usual kind of go-to but I could see myself going to this for you know if I've got a certain frame of mind then this album might just tick the box quite enjoyed this Yeah,
speaker_0HOST
And a hell of a reintroduction this was.
speaker_0HOST
With top tier production being done by Kurt Ballou, it reminds me of all those earlier bands and some even older friends to my ears like Fear, Husker Du, The Minutemen.
speaker_0HOST
similar iconic old school punk feels.
speaker_0HOST
They were like sprinkled in there and I totally loved them.
Stephen BrodskyGUEST
Yeah.
Stephen BrodskyGUEST
Uh, I also strangely remember Kurt talking about having a phone conversation with Paul Tebow and this is back in the, days of landlines so they were having a conversation about something probably about like booking shows or playing together or whatever and i guess paul tebow's mom got on the phone and she was like paul your cheese sandwiches are ready that's
Jacob BannonHOST
so great That's so great.
Jacob BannonHOST
But these
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Stephen BrodskyGUEST
That was a major shift in terms of like, here's a band that's absolutely has a dark, heavy side to them, but they're putting out a record on Sub Pop.
Stephen BrodskyGUEST
Sub Pop at the time was made popular thanks to Nirvana.
Stephen BrodskyGUEST
But, you know, someone like Kurt was at Sunday Day Real Estate shows, like some of their, you know, this is like early on, you know, when they were touring on their first and second albums.
Stephen BrodskyGUEST
And With Piebald kind of smashed in the middle of those bands as far as what was happening locally, that sort of informed me and Adam of how we could form a trajectory to make a hardcore band that felt like ours.
Brann DailorGUEST
We got the director.
Brann DailorGUEST
Kurt Ballou coming.
Brann DailorGUEST
We got the studio time booked, all that good stuff.
Brann DailorGUEST
I'm fresh off tour, which is probably the best time for me to go and record because I'm just a well-oiled machine.
Steven HillHOST
That's what I've gone with.
Steven HillHOST
Production by Kurt Ballou.
JimiGUEST
Yeah.
Steven HillHOST
Right? So let's just-
Steven HillHOST
If you know anything about anything, you know-
JimiGUEST
Yep
Steven HillHOST
... that Kurt Ballou production equals this is good, basically.
JimiGUEST
It's a stamp of approval, isn't it?
Bill the RagerHOST
um i love the sounds he puts out they're amazing
Brann DailorGUEST
yeah i know especially this record he really upped up the ante um you know he had he had more time to sort of get in there in the in the nuts and bolts of everything from the beginning and so it wasn't just like an afterthought like we should bring a guy to come in and play some keys and do some pads here and there um anyway him and uh and then when nick johnson came into the fold it was it was great to have him you know he's just a sweetheart of a guy and a total ripper and um so and just yeah you know i mean after brent passed we went into the studio probably a week and a half after i think like maybe you know after brent had passed we everything was booked you know we've got producer coming in we got the Kurt Ballou coming.
Brann DailorGUEST
We got the studio time booked, all that good stuff.
Brann DailorGUEST
I'm fresh off tour, which is probably the best time for me to go and record because I'm just a well-oiled machine.
Ed FergusonPANELIST
And apparently, too, the guy that produced the record is someone from Converge, whose album we've been listening to this year.
Ed FergusonPANELIST
Kurt Ballou.
Ed FergusonPANELIST
Right.
Ed FergusonPANELIST
Some guy from Massachusetts.
MattHOST
And I think the production, that sounds fantastic.
PeteHOST
So once again, this is with Kurt Ballou.
MattHOST
Yeah.
MattHOST
I mean, God, it just, I don't know how he just, there's just a raw vibe that he manages to capture in the room where just it feels like they are right in your ear holes.
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