Sad-Bastard Music (originaly self-titled ...and then depression set in) was originially slated as a country EP. Which consisted of I SHould've never came, and that's a promise (the original was less produced and i sang, but i felt the song was sentimental bullshit so I let Liza sing it.), 16 bar blues, monarchs in my stomach (which isnt country at all), and the last of the country songs was I'm not the kind of guy (this was created long after the country idea was dropped but had a country feel that i needed. not really but that makes it sound important). Then came the second wave of songs after I over produced all of the county songs and was like fuck it, lets just do whatever comes. Fifty years old was originally gonna be for my mom on her 50th birthday, but the song is to negative and its not her style of music, it really doesnt fit in but i liked the guitars so i kept it on. intro in c# was gonna start the album off but i decided not, and i liked it so i kept it. A reoccuring them. Venus knows didnt turn out as well as i liked but its kinda my tribute to david bowie's space oddity. I just wanted a weird love song. maybe my favorite. my shortly lived tv series is about just that, givin i wrote it two months before my tv shows got cancelled, but while i was making my show i knew it would be cancelled so it wasnt much of a stretch. It's definitely worth a view. Quicksand etc. is kinda country but it was one of the last songs to be wrtten/recorded. Plus it really set up the last phase of the album. The album was pretty much finished but i felt like i could do a little more. And after the Critically acclaimed house party "Pearce-a-pooloza" i was in a bit of a somber mood and wrote the next 4 songs on the next 4 days. I wanted them to be bare bones and no effects, just emotion. The opening track opens with the sound of an enormous downpour that happened on tuesday night, thats the fuzzy noise.
I like the album. It's simple I dont think I strayed to far from simplicity. Is it sad bastard music? I don't know after listening to it enough, I've realized it's not upbeat at all.