Blessed Are The Hearts That Bend – Sadness Be Damned

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Label:	Spectral Industries – none
Format:	Cassette, Album, Limited Edition
Country:	UK
Released:	Feb 18, 2022
Genre:	Electronic, Classical
Style:	Dark Ambient, Modern Classical

Tracklist

A1	Present Bass – Alastair Parr Violin – Emma Smith	5:26
A2	Cactus Cello – Belaqua Shua Violin – Susie Walsh	5:46
A3	I Feel Weird All The Time	6:12
A4	Altered Alters Slide Guitar – Luke Schneider Violin – Susie Walsh	4:40
B1	The Flood Bass – Alastair Parr	3:34
B2	The Pines Are Laughing	3:09
B3	Staeee	3:27
B4	A Perfect Circle	3:07
B5	Minor Rejoice Cello – Belaqua Shua	6:28

Credits

Artwork – Cat Johnston
Mastered By – Sean McCann

Notes

“Sadness Be Damned” is a soundtrack to a non-existent film, listeners can create the film in their head as the album washes over you – a film without pictures.

The album came to life in a very intimate and isolated manner. “Some of the demos were written when I had to isolate with Covid in a hotel room on the edge of a desert. It came as a reaction to the void that we were all feeling – but it’s not a Covid album. I wanted it to be something more universal than that. The album is an antidote to loneliness, exploring the contradiction that you can be in love or living in a bustling city but still feel alone. It tries to elevate or battle against those feelings through the atmosphere and flow of the songs.”

Limited to 18 copies.