{"id":3627602,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627602/?format=json","airdate":"2026-03-11T01:31:05-07:00","show":66149,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66149/?format=json","image_uri":"https://dn721806.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a782c648-c08a-3558-bd7a-c85f0a970ec6/mbid-a782c648-c08a-3558-bd7a-c85f0a970ec6-18805998616_thumb500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://dn721806.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a782c648-c08a-3558-bd7a-c85f0a970ec6/mbid-a782c648-c08a-3558-bd7a-c85f0a970ec6-18805998616_thumb250.jpg","song":"Love Will Tear Us Apart","track_id":"e4cec9b8-9679-388c-a322-a1751d98e1fe","recording_id":"2afa76b8-7857-40dc-97a8-2c6f457becb4","artist":"Joy Division","artist_ids":["9a58fda3-f4ed-4080-a3a5-f457aac9fcdd"],"album":"Substance","release_id":"a782c648-c08a-3558-bd7a-c85f0a970ec6","release_group_id":"dcb06128-02ea-3885-a097-5d382402d17c","labels":["Qwest Records"],"label_ids":["279669fd-fcd3-4d68-afa2-786b96e55de4"],"release_date":"1988-08-02","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Drummer Stephen Morris said, \"We had this one battle where it was nearly midnight and I said, “Is it all right if I go home, Martin [producer Martin Hannett] – it’s been a long day?” And he said [whispers], “OK … you go home”. So I went back to the flat. Just got to sleep and the phone rings. “Martin wants you to come back and do the snare drum”. At four in the morning! I said, “What’s wrong with the snare drum!?” So every time I hear “Love Will Tear Us Apart”, I grit my teeth and remember myself shouting down the phone, “YOU BASTARD!” … I can feel the anger in it even now. It’s a great song and it’s a great production, but I do get anguished every time I hear it.\" Read more about this great song: https://anglotopia.net/british-music-british-entertainment/routine-bites-hard-the-story-behind-joy-divisions-love-will-tear-us-apart/","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}