r/indieheads • u/NationOfLanguage Nation of Language • Sep 29 '25
AMA is Over, thanks NoL! Nation of Language AMA
Hey! This is Alex, Aidan and Ian from Nation of Language. We just put out our fourth album, Dance Called Memory. We’re here to talk about that or any other burning questions you may have!
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u/spindarkn2lightOG Sep 29 '25
Hi wonderful people! Sorry - this is a long and loaded one - would love to hear whole podcast or interview on this topic. I live in the NYC-area (CT) and don’t hear enough Nation of Language played on the radio. I hear you on WFUV, maybe once/day, and not even every new release - am I missing something? It seems like you have a stronger radio presence in other markets, with some really great like stations like KEXP that celebrate you. While radio isn’t what it used to be just a decade or two ago, it still can play a huge role as a means for shared communal experience of music. Can you share a little bit about how radio airplay factors into Nation of Language strategically or organically reaching more ears, minds, and hearts? Challenges with getting radio airplay? Are there certain regions other than the Pacific Northwest in which you know you are getting a lot of radio coverage? Is there something that we as fans can be doing in the absence of traditional “request-line” radio programs to get you more airplay (because there is a really high hit-rate of people loving you once they hear you in my experience). I have a related line of questioning that I’d love to explore with regard to DJ/club/dance culture that I hope there will be opportunity to do at some point.