Taken from the album Me And Ennui Are Friends, Baby.

Comprised entirely of minimal solo piano arrangements, Ennui is despondently clear-eyed and smirkingly self-deprecating, completing a trilogy of records that started with 'The Queen Who Stole The Sky' and her only outing to date featuring a full band, 'Please Daddy'.

Each record has followed Chadwick’s internal processing after a traumatic event, with Chadwick’s zeal for psychoanalysis front and centre. On Ennui, Chadwick presents an exacting intensity with her choice to pare back to piano and vocals. It's in this stark setting that she focuses on the attempt she made on her life in 2019.

Just weeks before the Ennui recordings in 2019, Chadwick endured the breakup of a long term relationship and attempted her own life. These events followed the deaths of her father and a close friend, and it’s from this weighty internal mire that Chadwick emerges throughout the trilogy. Imaginably, the result is staggeringly abject.

However, the incandescent nature of her will, knack for reportage and searing dark humour sets fire to the world she describes over these 12 songs. Lead single “Every Loser Needs A Mother” offers a glimpse into this dark humour, as Chadwick describes an undesired need to take care of a dependant man: “Well I laid out his clothes // And I laughed at his jokes // And I stumbled around in // Heels and no clothes // And I went to his hell // And he kicked me out.” The track touches on all-too familiar tropes, Chadwick’s voice commanding and wryly confessional over piano.

The methods Chadwick employed on Ennui contrast those of her previous full-band record, which thrust her into a very different world of rehearsal, planning, restraint and control as a functional tool. The result, 2020’s critically acclaimed Please Daddy, was her most aching and engaging achievement to date: “a raw, often unnerving experience,” which “delivers compelling and uplifting catharsis” (Mojo). Recording Ennui shortly after the Please Daddy sessions, Chadwick concludes her trilogy by returning to the most immediate compositional process she can muster, doing it alone, with less between her and the microphone than ever before. Joined by long time production collaborators, Ennui was mastered by David Walker at Stepford Audio and mixed and recorded by Geoff O’Connor at Vanity Lair - both expertly bringing scale, subtlety and intangible ascendence to this recording. On Ennui, Chadwick is free, there is nowhere for her or us to run from the need to very presently and repeatedly articulate her trauma until it is simply, “articulated out.”

Sarah Mary Chadwick - Full Mood

First single on Slothrust's debut record, Of Course You Do, on Ba Da Bing! Records this February 18, 2014. 

You can pre-order the CD / LP at http://www.badabingrecords.com/store/products/category/slothrust/ now!

Slothrust - Crockpot

Slothrust - Cubicle

Slothrust - The Couch Incident

Slothrust - Magnets Part 1

Slothrust - 7:30 AM

Slothrust - Homewreck Wifey

Slothrust - Magnets Part 2

Slothrust - Juice

Slothrust - Beowulf

From the upcoming Ora Iso record, Bathcat, on Ba Da Bing Records. Coming out October 14th, 2014.

Ora Iso

A 1972 track off Ba Da Bing’s upcoming "Jackson C. Frank: The Complete Recordings" - a 3xCD/6xLP (LP is split into 3 2xLP volumes) with 24 tracks never before heard. Everything completely remastered, including Jackson's classic debut album from 1965. Out August 4th, 2015.

Track listing: http://www.badabingrecords.com/jackson-c-frank-the-complete-recordings-track-listing/

Order: grapefruitrecordclub.com/t/jackson-c-frank

Released in conjunction with Jim Abbott’s book, Jackson C. Frank: The Clear Hard Light Of Genius, The Complete Recordings contains a total of 67 tracks. Every song has been mastered or remastered, many straight from the original, brittle reel-to-reels.
 A life plagued by tragedy with the most haunting music to show for it, Frank’s story can be heard through his music, which has been covered by the likes of Nick Drake, Simon & Garfunkel, Fairport Convention, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, South Korean jazz singer Nah Youn Sun, French singer Graeme Allwright, sampled by Nas for “Undying Love.” While never gaining full recognition as one of the great musicians of the sixties, Jackson C. Frank clearly had his fans. Frank’s story is a cautionary tale for the dangerous pitfalls of a life lived. At the age of eleven, he was the victim of the infamous Cleveland Hill School Fire in a New York suburb, leaving him burned and disabled, and killing 15 of his classmates. He spent an agonizing eight months in the hospital, during which time he picked up a guitar for the first time. Scarred both physically and psychologically by the first, and left a shell of his former self, Frank would never fully recover from the wounds. His never-released second album was to include the song “Marlene”, which honors his childhood girlfriend lost in the fire. 
Jackson soon found himself making the rounds of the London folk clubs and rubbed shoulders with Bert Jansch, Roy Harper, John Renbourn, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Paxton, Mike Seeger and Sandy Denny (who became Jackson’s girlfriend and later wrote the somber song “Next Time Around” about him). Jackson’s music caught the interest of another young American songwriter in London named Paul Simon, who offered to record and produce his eponymous album Jackson C. Frank in 1965. 
After recording his album, however, Jackson’s health took a turn for the worse and the following years were unkind. He met future wife Elaine Sedgwick, cousin of Edie Sedgwick, at a London party, and when his money began to run out he left London for Woodstock, where they married. The relationship was marked by a miscarriage and the death of their first-born son to cystic fibrosis, and Jackson’s subsequent mental unraveling. Jackson was later diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic and battled excessive weight gain from a thyroid problem developed after the fire. Additionally, he went through bouts of intermittent homelessness between stays at various upstate shelters.  One day, while Jackson waited in a park to be moved to a new facility, he was shot and blinded in his left eye by neighborhood children with a BB gun. The light from this period of his life came from Jim Abbott, who looked after Jackson C. Frank until his death in 1999. Jackson’s recordings span four decades of a hard-lived life, and every experience, every trial, is reflected in his voice.. If ever a person’s individual journey could be traced through his music, it’s Jackson C. Frank’s, and The Complete Recordings is nothing less than a representative map of his life’s high points and deepest, most shadowed valleys. 
While Frank’s album has enjoyed numerous (official and unofficial) reissues, an expanded double CD edition appeared in 2003 from Sanctuary, with 33 songs that had never appeared before. Jackson C Frank: The Complete Recordings contains a total of 67 tracks, including all the Sanctuary material, plus 24 more songs.

China Blue by Jackson C. Frank

"Sun Tower" off Natural Snow Building's "Terror's Horns" out September 1st, 2015 on Ba Da Bing. Pre-order here: http://grapefruitrecordclub.com/products/copy-of-natural-snow-buildings-terror-s-horns-cd-pre-order

Sun Tower

Katie Von Schleicher - Baby Don't Go

"Steady Waves" off Cross Record's Wabi-Sabi, out January 29th, 2016 on Ba Da Bing Records. Pre-order info here:  http://www.badabingrecords.com/store/cross-record-wabi-sabi-pre-order

Cross Record "Steady Waves"

"High Rise" off the Cross Record album "Wabi-Sabi" out January 29th, 2016 on Ba Da Bing Records. 
See the video here:  http://www.stereogum.com/1843915/band-to-watch-cross-record/franchises/interview/     
Preorder here: http://www.badabingrecords.com/

Cross Record - "High Rise"


From Wabi-Sabi on Ba Da Bing. More info: http://www.badabingrecords.com/store/cross-record-wabi-sabi-pre-order

Cross Record "Basket"

First song off Kane Strang's "Blue Cheese" out February 26th on Ba Da Bing/Flying Nun. Preorder here: http://www.badabingrecords.com/store/kane-strang-blue-cheese-cdlp-pre-order

Kane Strang "Full Moon, Hungry Sun"

The second track from the upcoming record "Blue Cheese" available on Ba Da Bing/Flying Nun. Preorder here: http://www.badabingrecords.com/store/kane-strang-blue-cheese-cdlp-pre-order  Or if you're in New Zealand: http://flyingout.co.nz/products/kane-strang-blue-cheese

Kane Strang "Things Are Never Simple"

From the forthcoming album, Paradise, out March 3rd on Ba Da Bing Records. 

Pre-Order the CD here: http://grapefruitrecordclub.com/products/grant-jenn-paradise-lp-pre-order-a1a67b49-c332-4ff7-90b1-8b99001439e6

Pre-Order the LP here: http://grapefruitrecordclub.com/products/grant-jenn-paradise-lp-pre-order

Jenn Grant - Galaxies

From the new David Nance record "Negative Boogie" out July 14th on Ba Da Bing Records. 

If you preorder before June 15th, include a note naming any album you like that you want Nance to cover. We will choose a submission at random and send all preorders a download of that covers record around album release. 

Preorder here: http://grapefruitrecordclub.com/products?keywords=negative+boogie

David Nance "Negative Boogie"

The first single from "Fall Asleep," the debut LP from ANMLPLNET (Leah Wellbaum and Mickey Vershbow), out 4/20 on Ba Da Bing Records. Preorder here: https://grapefruitrecordclub.com/t/anmlplnet

Fall Asleep

ANMLPLNET - I Was Fucked By A Cloud

"Glad To Be Here," a new single from Katie Von Schleicher (following last year's album 'Sh***y Hits'), out March 9th on Ba Da Bing. Out on 7" May 4th.

Glad To Be Here

Katie Von Schleicher - Glad To Be Here

Grapefruit Records is a subscription based record club that includes four quarterly released full-length LPs and a deluxe, hard-shell printed box to house the four records that make up that year's roster.

Check out the releases for year 2 as they start coming out!

Roy Montgomery - Tarkovsky Tone Poem (Abridged)

"Landfall" off Roy Montgomery's album Suffuse, out August 22nd on Grapefruit Records. Preorder the LP/CD (as well as the Special Edition version) at  https://grapefruitrecordclub.com/products/montgomery-roy-suffuse-lp-with-bonus-second-lp-option-pre-order

Suffuse

"Landfall"

Roy Montgomery "Landfall" (with Liz Harris of Grouper)

from "Gave In Rest," Sarah Davachi's new album out September 14th, 2018, from Ba Da Bing Records, Preorder here:https://tinyurl.com/y93h4zbl

Gave In Rest

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Sarah Davachi - Evensong

The new single off Olympic Girls, the upcoming record by Tiny Ruins on Ba Da Bing Records, out February 1, 2019

"Holograms" by Tiny Ruins off Olympic Girls (out Feb 1 2019)

New track from Lady Lamb the Beekeepers forthcoming album Ripely Pine out February 19 on Ba Da Bing Records! Pre-order here: http://www.badabingrecords.com/store/products/category/lady-lamb-the-beekeeper/

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Bird Balloons

One Day - Sharon Van Etten

In Wind Songs, Dana utilizes the forced solitude of recent months to form deeper connections with artists who inspire her. With her Travis picking technique, she has recorded her unique renditions tracing her artistic influences: a time capsule of her journey so far.

Ba Da Bing Records/Grapefruit Records

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