Back in September, Brian Fallon of Gaslight Anthem fame released a side-project record as The Horrible Crowes. At the time, we spun the feature song a bit on the Zone and I remember Dave Sawchuk being a bit of an early convert on the project.
It never really jelled on the Zone, song went away to be replaced by the next “it” thing in modern rock and I didn’t think too much about it. Till about a week ago.
Talking with my sister-in-law Alyx… she was telling me that she LOVES the Horrible Crowes Elsie. “OK, I’ll give it another listen,” I says to her.
A day or two after that… outta the blue! Homeboy Tyson sends me a text saying… check out the Horrible Crowes. Great sad bastard music.
He was right. Great sad bastard music… and the launch point for today’s mixtape.
Mixcloud: Mixtape >> Sad Bastard Music
Using the Horrible Crowes’ dark sad sack tale of woe as a jumping point… I went on Facebook and twitter to ask best friends for their sad bastard songs to add. here we go. Strap in, its about to get sad.
01) The Horrible Crowes – Lady Killer (me)
02) Nada Surf – “Inside of Love” (Adrienne)
03) Farside – “I Hope You’re Unhappy” (Jared)
04) The Low Anthem – “To Ohio” (Simon)
05) The Helio Sequence – “Lately” (Simon)
06) Hayden – “Bad as they Seem” (me)
07) Hayden – “Stem” (Alix)
08) Frightened Rabbit – “Backwards Walk” (Me)
09) Jeff Buckley – “Hallelujah” (Carrie)
10) CKY – “To All Of You (Acoustic)” (Conner)
11) Pete Yorn – “Lose You” (Chelsea)
12) Damien Rice – “The Blower’s Daughter” (Geoff)
13) Radiohead – “Creep” (Krysta)
14) Morphine – “I’m Free Now” (Sean)
15) The Horrible Crowes – “Teenage Dream” (Me)
So many great songs. Many of these new to me and I hope you’ll hear a few new ones to you.
Reading about the Horrible Crowes I was excited to discover they will be releasing “Lady Killer” as a 7 inch single in February. B-Side…. their cover of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream.” Wow.
Download MP3 >> 02TeenageDream
OK, happy listening? Sure.
Go with yourself.
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