Billy Says, Paul Marc Plays

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Second Hand News - Originally by Fleetwood Mac

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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.