Sleeping Aides & Razor Blades (Originally By The Exploding Hearts)
Billy Says: I really embraced The Exploding Hearts a few summers ago when I was working a summer job at American Apparel. My manager Jordan would constantly play the record in the stock room and immediately I was hooked. I feel like Guitar Romantic is a hidden gem of Punk/Garage Rock and has a timeless sound for a record recorded in the 2000’s. Released in 2003 and briefly toured before the band came to an end in 2005 after a tragic van accident taking the lives of 3 out of 5 members. I think this record stands as one of my favourite records of the last decade and constantly gets played on my turntable, ipod, while DJing and is often include in many of my Restless Soul mixtapes.
I thought Paul Marc would love The Exploding Hearts because to me, their sound is like a Punk Rock version of The Stokes and Elvis Costello (two artists that he loves). When I first heard Paul’s band Burst & Bloom I thought that if they got a little edgier they would sound like The Exploding Hearts and hope that doing this cover has a lasting impression on Paul Marc’s songwriting.
Paul Marc Says: In true Bill fashion, he showed me this band and told me I should write songs like them. While I didn’t even try to do that, we thought it was appropriate to use this song as the first cover in this series.
The song is pretty cool so I didn’t want to fuck with the feel of it. I found it challenging to do that, considering I live in an apartment and don’t own a drum kit. It’s difficult to use fake drums and have them sound so elegantly messy. Actually, it’s tough to imitate any perfectly sloppy song in any capacity, but I tried anyway. That in mind, I recorded this thing while pretty drunk. For better or for worse, you decide.
Actually, I decide. Better.
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It's a band and it's a guy. Mostly, though, it's stuff from my cell phone. It's a Blackberry and it's the worst.
Love,
Paul
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amyofftherecord-deactivated2012 asked: I went to your Bandcamp page only to find the tracks that had been there were gone. I went to your MySpace page and discovered 2/3 of your songs had vanished. I was hoping to find out where and how I could do some downloading (and legally at that. I believe in paying for my entertainment). Tell me, how am I to procure what I cannot even locate? Sell me something, damnit!
Amy,
Is your name Amy? For these purposes it will be.
I had to take those songs down. I’m being tricky right now but it’s for the greater good. This I can promise. My hope is that by November I’ll be able to have them back in a place where you can download them- paid or not.
Thanks!
BURST & BLOOM (pop/rock)
Toronto, ONPaul Marc Rousseau
Andrew Basso
Jon LubanskiYou’re reading this. This is both a fact and the reason I believe I can write whatever I want here. So, I ask you this: have you ever written a “description” on a “band page”?
No?
Well, let me tell you…
Explaining life’s mysteries one inanity at a time. http://formspring.me/burstandbloom
Bill had a dumb throat thing or some shit like that. Instead of being a normal ass guy and just ignoring the problem and smoking more cigarettes in hopes of teaching your throat who’s boss, Billy went to see a doctor. This is him using his phone to take a photo of the inside of his neck. He was happy to report that it “looks like it’s better!”
Come to our show on August 16.
I bought another bike because I’m ridiculous. This one, I was promised, is guaranteed to make me substantially cooler. And all I have to do is risk my life every time I ride it!
Super sweet deal.
Randy Newman is really, really good. You’re going to love this.
This is my friend (and everyone’s friend) Josh. He didn’t trust his eyes, so he bought this thing to put a camera on his head.
NPNR= “NO PARENTS, NO RULES”. I wish I was making this up. Welcome to my leg, stupid tattoo.
Me and my friend Alex. Alex sings in a band he claims to have named “Texas In July”. They’re from the North East. What do they know about Texas? I asked. Lots actually. Did you know the Coors Light is brewed there?
