Nate Sloan

It's exactly what you would expect it to be.

Not yet.

Yes.

I like adjectives myself, you know, handsome, talented, hyper-intelligent business cards come to mind.

That's I'm good with those.

So one of the reasons I love listening to Song Exploder each week is that it is so clearly made by a musician.

So tell us a little bit about how you got your start in music.

Yes, Joe Flowers, after hours, spinning you the best in jazz and blues from 2 a.m.

to 5.30 in the morning every Monday night.

Wow.

And does Joe Flowers exist in any form these days?

No, he's sort of transformed into the character Joe Treble, who is a forensic musicologist investigator.

who has made a few appearances on the podcast.

But no, he just lives in the archives at this point.

So this is something of a return for you.

This is 15 years since your last album.

Yeah.

And this new one, In the Last Hour of Light, my favorite time of day.

We want to explode this album a little bit with you.

Let's start with the opening track, Stray Dogs.