Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
On this episode I'm joined by The Acacia Strain guitarist, Devin Shidaker.
We talk about the band's brand new thirteenth album 'You Are Safe From God Here', exploring different genres and aspects of heavy music, the contrast between their bleak music and goofy music videos, the origin of the nickname "Big Slime", and loads more.
A new episode will be released every Thursday.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:27 - Introducing: Devin Shidaker
00:01:42 - Origin of "Big Slime" nickname
00:03:13 - Release of 'You Are Safe From God Here'
00:05:30 - Expectations and keeping things fresh
00:13:00 - Reaching album 13
00:20:51 - Writing the album and collaborating
00:31:25 - Rubbing hands vs Spooky
00:35:03 - Brody King / Colin Young / Sunny Faris
00:37:59 - Making music videos again
00:41:18 - Why they stopped making music videos
00:47:33 - Christmas holiday shows
00:51:27 - Final words
00:52:32 - Outro
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THEME MUSIC
'What Is Today, But Yesterday's Tomorrow?' by Tired Violence
#theacaciastrain #youaresafefromgodhere #interview #podcast
On this episode I'm joined by The Acacia Strain guitarist, Devin Shidaker.
We talk about the band's brand new thirteenth album 'You Are Safe From God Here', exploring different genres and aspects of heavy music, the contrast between their bleak music and goofy music videos, the origin of the nickname "Big Slime", and loads more.
A new episode will be released every Thursday.
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SUPPORT THE PODCAST
👉 Subscribe and hit the like button
👉 Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e36971be9577/sign-up
👉 Patreon: patreon.com/itsnotaphase
👉 Merch: its-not-a-phase.creator-spring.com
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY
DISCORD | discord.com/invite/pP6qgAsZfj
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CONTACT THE PODCAST
contact@itsnotaphase.co.uk
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FOLLOW THE PODCAST
X (TWITTER) | twitter.com/inappodcast
INSTAGRAM | instagram.com/inappod
FACEBOOK | facebook.com/inappodcast
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FOLLOW ZACH REDRUP
X (TWITTER) | twitter.com/zachredrup
INSTAGRAM | instagram.com/zachredrup
TIKTOK | tiktok.com/@zachredrup
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FOLLOW THE ACACIA STRAIN
X (TWITTER) | twitter.com/theacaciastrain
INSTAGRAM | instagram.com/theacaciastrain
TIKTOK | tiktok.com/@theacaciastrain
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FOLLOW DEVIN SHIDAKER
X (TWITTER) | twitter.com/devinshidaker
INSTAGRAM | instagram.com/devinshidaker
TIKTOK | tiktok.com/@devinshidaker
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:27 - Introducing: Devin Shidaker
00:01:42 - Origin of "Big Slime" nickname
00:03:13 - Release of 'You Are Safe From God Here'
00:05:30 - Expectations and keeping things fresh
00:13:00 - Reaching album 13
00:20:51 - Writing the album and collaborating
00:31:25 - Rubbing hands vs Spooky
00:35:03 - Brody King / Colin Young / Sunny Faris
00:37:59 - Making music videos again
00:41:18 - Why they stopped making music videos
00:47:33 - Christmas holiday shows
00:51:27 - Final words
00:52:32 - Outro
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THEME MUSIC
'What Is Today, But Yesterday's Tomorrow?' by Tired Violence
#theacaciastrain #youaresafefromgodhere #interview #podcast
