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train tracks 25 september 2026

jo from school

“what’s your train track?”

train tracks with jo from school

Jo From School joins to share her Train Tracks, the story behind her debut EP 'Grace, Flair & Distance', and why a first record is a unique diary entry of who you were rather than a commitment of who you'll continue to be.

In this conversation, Jo shares the four songs that define where she is right now, from LL Burns' 10 Long Years, to Elizabeth Cotten's Freight Train, to Art School Girlfriend's The Peaks, to her own new single Release. She talks about writing vaguely to keep something back for herself, the pressure on new artists to arrive with a fully formed "world", and why a song that got away from you is still a diary entry of who you were.

in this episode

  1. 00:00Intro
  2. 00:24Getting on the train
  3. 00:36Train Track #1: 10 Long Years by LL Burns
  4. 02:42"I'm the opposite of a perfectionist"
  5. 03:53Writing vague to protect her privacy
  6. 04:52The left-handed seven year curse
  7. 05:46Train Track #2: Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotten
  8. 06:03Written at 11, upside down on a right-handed guitar
  9. 07:35The song that got taken before she could claim it
  10. 07:58Coming out as a pop kid, and Bowie's Moon Age Daydream
  11. 09:26Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, music that outlasts the moment
  12. 11:07"It really doesn't matter about the outcome"
  13. 11:52Train Track #3: The Peaks by Art School Girlfriend
  14. 13:27The pressure to have a fully formed "world"
  15. 15:15Releasing a debut, your first mark on a huge canvas
  16. 16:08A song is a diary entry of who you were
  17. 16:22Train Track #4: Release by Jo From School
  18. 17:59"I owe my band everything"
  19. 19:05The piano hook that started as a mistake

and live, on the line

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