The Out of It tenth anniversary vinyl is in the house and they look sweet and also sound sweet. Weird to think I made that record ten years ago. Preorders are 99% shipped so if you order now it’ll be in the mail to you within a week. Grab one on my Bandcamp page if you so desire.

Better Than Nothing vinyl is still available as well if you want the entire Brad Sucks vinyl collection while supplies last. Be sure to include a note with your order if you want ‘em signed (by me).

Patreon

Thanks to the 63 of all y’all who are sponsoring me on Patreon, the support’s been great and really motivating. I’m loving having a small, friendly audience for songs that aren’t quite ready for the really real world and I’m excited to share what else I’ve been working on. I’m still real new to Patreon, so get in touch if there’s anything you’d like me to share or do on there.

Last month I posted a new version of a song called State of Art and also a video Darren Heroux made for Fun Guy. New song’ll be up in a week!

Shows

This month we did a free show for CityFolk’s Marvest, in an atrium of all places. Probably the most amount of plants I’ve ever played in front of. Got nothing else booked for now but I’d like to do some private solo-ish shows if the opportunity arises. Get in touch if that’s a thing that might be up your alley.

Over and out

Welp, that’s all from me for a while, gonna put my head down and focus on finishing up songs for Patreon which’ll hopefully lead to a new album in the not so distant future. In the meantime I’m posting Instagram stories and tweets and the occasional Facebook posts. Oh, and I’m always lurking in the Brad Sucks Discord as well. Til next time,

Brad
brad@bradsucks.net

Hello there, after several years of procrastinating, I’ve started a Patreon. It’s a website where you can sponsor independent creators and get access to exclusive content and stuff. I’ll be posting songs I’m working on as well as writing as much as people want to hear about them as I try to finish the next album.

The first song’s about psychedelic mushrooms as antidepressants. It’s called Fun Guy — I threw it on Youtube so I could maybe lure you into sponsoring me on the Patreon, let’s see if it works:

Hey there, so Brad Sucks was scheduled to play Smiling Buddha in Toronto on August 18th. I have to cancel that show as I’ve learned one of the owners was charged with sexual assault and many people have expressed concerns about patronizing a venue that may harbor unsafe actors in the music community. I tried to find another venue for that night but was unable to. My apologies for the inconvenience, I’ll figure something out and we’ll be back to Toronto soon and hopefully I’ll see you there! Thanks!

Well holy shit guys, it’s been ten years since I released Out of It, my second album. To mark the occasion I’m releasing a fully remastered limited edition vinyl. It’s available for pre-order now and it’ll ship in September. Order it here (scroll down and click on Buy Record/Vinyl). Include a note if you want yours signed! I don’t mind and it makes me feel like a big important guy.

Upcoming Shows

Ottawa, you were kind to me as usual and did a great job tolerating all the new songs we played. Let’s see how these other cities do, though:

Montreal, QC – July 6th: Quai des Brumes
Toronto, ON – August 18th: Smiling Buddha

Please come out to these — I’m very easily discouraged!

New Shirts

There’s a fresh new shirt store! Plus by popular request there’s some I Don’t Know What I’m Doing men’s and women’s shirts you might like?

Fun fact: the I Don’t Know What I’m Doing album art is by Allen Henderson and he hosts a podcast about movies and history called Midmost Coast, check it out!

Other Stuff

I scored this cute little animation that Pendleton Ward made:

That’s all I got for now, working on a lot of stuff I hope I can show you soon. Hit me up on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram! Til next time,

Brad
brad@bradsucks.net

If you’re looking to get yourself a copy of Better Than Nothing (my completely un-earned ‘greatest hits’) in vinyl and/or digital formats, you can get those over here. There are about 200 records left and after that they’re gone (unless I decide to press more, but the record will look different.)

If you want the record signed, just include a note with your order and I’ll scrawl on it.

The vinyl and the digital versions were remastered separately from each other and from the original unmastered mixes, so I think they sound pretty, pretty good. I’m considering remastering all three records now to bring ’em up to the level of this digital release, but that’s a battle for another time.

Happy holidays and thank you so much for supporting me through the three records that led to this release. I’m doing my best to make the fourth one decent for y’all.

I’ve been getting lots of photos and messages telling me people are getting their Better Than Nothing records which makes me super happy, thanks you guys. I keep starting to write something about how humbling and emotional it is to feel so supported after like a decade and a half of making songs, but then I feel dumb and delete it. So, like, thank you?

The vinyl release party’s November 17th in my hometown of Ottawa. Hope to see you there! Here’s the gig poster by Geoff Gibson (@sisc_daily) who also did the awesome Better Than Nothing album artwork.

Copies of my greatest hits (and first ever) vinyl ‘Better Than Nothing’ arrived last night and it looks sweet!!

You can still order it here: https://bit.ly/2tfIDid

Also the vinyl release show’s on November 17th in Ottawa at Irene’s if that’s for some reason something you’d be into.

Big news! I’m releasing my first ever vinyl record. It’s called Better Than Nothing and it’s a compilation of eleven of the more popular Brad Sucks songs I put out from 2003 to 2012. It’ll be released in September via Feedbands (membership not required) and is available for pre-order now here: http://bit.ly/2tfIDid

Info:

• The first ever, limited run Brad Sucks vinyl hand-pressed on a stunning orange to red gradient colored vinyl
• 11 of the most popular Brad Sucks songs in one convenient package
• The first 300 copies will be signed (by me)
• All songs received a full remaster
• Ships September 2017
• Tracklist:

  Side A
  Making Me Nervous
  Certain Death
  Guess Who’s a Mess
  Dropping Out of School
  Feel Free! Plastic Surgery!
  Fixing My Brain

  Side B
  Bad Sign
  There’s Something Wrong
  Borderline
  Thanks for the Add
  You’re Not Going Anywhere

Oh, so this’ll be my first show in Ottawa in a while or two. Gonna be trying out some new stuff, plus old new stuff and then last — but by no means least — …old stuff. Bruce Enloe and the Burning Sensations will be opening. I worked on Bruce’s two rad records, Unseasonably Cool and the raw, live-off-the-floor Bonfire. Both worth checking out, Bruce is an excellent songwriter. Geoffrey Gibson made us this beautiful poster:

And here’s the Facebook event.

Here’s a playlist of songs I liked this year. They coulda been released any year but I liked them in this one. Happy New Year.