Oct 24, 2026 · 6 min · 8 segments
Today Dave brings Rush’s Permanent Waves back to the turntable, not to repeat an earlier conversation, but to listen in a new way. Contrasting sections of a long composition establish an ending that…
Dave GwilliamHost
We've talked about records that matter to me, and we've talked about playing Tom Sawyer with my band.
I'm pulling out permanent waves because I want to examine the construction of one piece of music.
How do you take a listener through several different musical environments and still make the ending feel like it belongs? Natural science closes out the album, and that position matters to our physical listening experience.
I want to focus on what happens inside the composition, the shifts in rhythm, texture, intensity, and scale, and how each one changes the meaning of what comes next.
We've talked about records that matter to me, and we've talked about playing Tom Sawyer with my band.
I'm pulling out permanent waves because I want to examine the construction of one piece of music.
How do you take a listener through several different musical environments and still make the ending feel like it belongs? Natural science closes out the album, and that position matters to our physical listening experience.
I want to focus on what happens inside the composition, the shifts in rhythm, texture, intensity, and scale, and how each one changes the meaning of what comes next.
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