Synesthetes rejoice! On today's episode we're plucking notes out of the air and giving them a lick, analyzing music for all its gustatory and epicurean delight. We discuss taste buds, textures, the Singaporean concept of "heaty vs. cooling foods," and songs that provide the following flavors (flavor profiles, if you're nasty): 

(1) Salty

(2) Sweet
(3) Sour
(4) Bitter
(5) Umami

Find our Instagram, full songs, and more at https://linktr.ee/chorus.vs.chorus. Featuring music from The Waterboys, Sampha, Frank Ocean, The Walkmen, and more.

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat
• Salt by Mark Kurlansky
• The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
• The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu by Dan Jurafsky
• The racist myth of MSG and "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome"
• LiveScience article on further aspects of flavor
• Article on heaty and cooling foods