The Apocalypse Is Boring

Recorded in one take and featuring Sean Labbe on keyboards

SEGA Space Harrier Theme (feat. Sean Labbe)

Over The Horizon

The Sorrowful Tale Of Jimmy Badine (AKA The Weird Fish Track)

Tomorrow

A little sample of some of the jams that Dan and I have been working on. 

Cut Loose

Bjork - Unison
Warpaint - Love Is To Die
The Pains Of Being Pure Of Heart - Gentle Sons
Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
Men I Trust - Porcelain
The Cure - Pictures Of You
Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck
Joy Division - Ceremony
Galaxie 500 - Tugboat
Alfie - Bookends
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Everyone Says
My Bloody Valentine - Angel
Bombay Bicycle Club - Fracture
The Antlers - Corsicana
LSD and The Search For God - Starshine
Astral Triangelism - Last Days
Smashing Pumpkins - Daydream

Featuring bands and artists from across the genres of Rock/Indie/Alternative/Shoegaze/DreamPop/PowerPop, this is my collection of Super Sad Power Anthems AKA Sad Bangers! There will be tracks on it you might already know and hopefully a few new ones to discover. I deliberately left out many legendary ballads in favour of lesser-known artists and songs.
Last year has been a tough one for sensitive souls. Nearly all of the songs on this mix deal with pain, fear, depression, insanity, loneliness, guilt, loss, self hatred and suicide but also love and acceptance. Some tracks are a shredded, distorted mess and some are quiet and pensive. Some cry loudly and cathartically (like Kevin Shields' guitar) and by recognising and so many complex and difficult feelings, raise you upwards, healing you in the process.
I am a firm believer that music can save each of us on an individual scale. Somewhere out there is a track that, upon hearing it at the right time, embraces you and leads you out of the darkness. You can only rediscover yourself and your sense of humanity when you are at your most open and fragile and if you give time to listen you are often rewarded.
I hope there's at least one track in this playlist that, if does not save you, than at least provides you with comfort, reassurance and empathy. We might all act like emotional dickheads most of the time but please remember if you're feeling sad and depressed that I too feel how you feel. And that's where I'd like for us us to meet x

Sad Bangers (Mix)

Hailing from Taunton, Somerset, The Flying Filth was born out of boredom; a power rock duo with an only goal: to jam and have a fucking good time. It featured Brendan Morgan on guitar/vocals and Dan Hannaford on drums. The Flying Filth disbanded in 2013.

The Flying Filth

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