{"id":138418,"date":"2025-04-10T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/song-exploder-mj-lenderman\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T17:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T17:54:01","slug":"song-exploder-mj-lenderman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/song-exploder-mj-lenderman\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Exploder &#8211; MJ Lenderman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-5080\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u201cYou Don\u2019t Know The Shape I\u2019m In\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SongExploder290-MJLenderman-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SongExploder290-MJLenderman-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SongExploder290-MJLenderman-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SongExploder290-MJLenderman-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SongExploder290-MJLenderman.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_658921b7-82af-4852-ad01-0c95741ba0c8&amp;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p>Jake Lenderman performs and information underneath the identify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mjlenderman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MJ Lenderman<\/a>. He put out his <a href=\"https:\/\/album.link\/us\/i\/1467827928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first album<\/a> in 2019. In addition to his solo work, he\u2019s been a member of the band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wednesday.band\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wednesday<\/a>, and he\u2019s additionally featured on the <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/waxahatchee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waxahatchee<\/a> hit track <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1721222337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cRight Back to It.\u201d<\/a> In September 2024, the fourth MJ Lenderman album got here out. It\u2019s known as <a href=\"https:\/\/album.link\/us\/i\/1749088991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Manning Fireworks<\/em><\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/2024-in-review\/the-best-albums-of-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Yorker named it the very best album of the 12 months<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/2290580\/the-gummy-awards-your-top-10-albums-and-songs-of-2024\/lists\/gummy-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stereogum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/best-albums-2024-1235031987\/mj-lenderman-manning-fireworks-1235156652\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rolling Stone<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/best-albums-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pitchfork<\/a> all put it of their high ten. For this episode, I talked to Jake about one of many songs from that album, known as <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1749089210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cYou Don\u2019t Know the Shape I\u2019m In.\u201d<\/a> The track itself took form in a couple of alternative ways. Coming up, you\u2019ll hear the best way the track began as a demo, after which how that received fleshed out, after which the way it received rebuilt, after which how Jake utterly reimagined the entire thing.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"9tMe_LpUHAQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MJ Lenderman - You Don&#039;t Know The Shape I&#039;m In\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9tMe_LpUHAQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>You should purchase or stream \u201cYou Don\u2019t Know The Shape I\u2019m In\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1749089210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Song-Exploder-MJ-Lenderman-Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click on right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Karly Hartzman \u2013 vocals<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alex_farrar\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Farrar<\/a> \u2013 engineer and co-producer<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/landonridgehardygeorge\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Landon George<\/a> \u2013 upright bass<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/c_linmiller\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colin Miller<\/a> \u2013 slide banjo<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shanejusticemccord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shane McCord<\/a> \u2013 clarinet<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympianoiseco.com\/apps\/patterning-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patterning app<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hulk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hulk<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/album.link\/us\/i\/1754432024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boat Songs<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marshall_Amplification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marshall half stack<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/716292926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cThe Shape I\u2019m In\u201d \u2013 <em>The Band<\/em><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/throughthesoil.bandcamp.com\/track\/you-dont-know-the-shape-im-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cYou Don\u2019t Know The Shape I\u2019m In\u201d \u2013 model featured on Through The Soil II<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.2) simplesharebuttons.com -->\t\t\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u201cYou Don\u2019t Know The Shape I\u2019m In\u201d Jake Lenderman performs and information underneath the identify MJ Lenderman. He put out his first album in 2019. In addition to his solo work, he\u2019s been a member of the band Wednesday, and he\u2019s additionally featured on the Waxahatchee hit track \u201cRight Back to It.\u201d In September [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1304,8918,1303],"class_list":{"0":"post-138418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-exploder","9":"tag-lenderman","10":"tag-song"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}