Mirrored from R.E.M. HQ -
“Today, Brooklyn Vegan has premiered “The Ballad Of Satan’s Bride,” the third single release from new Athens, GA band The Bad Ends, featuring Mike Mantione of Five Eight and our very own Bill Berry.”
Mirrored from R.E.M. HQ, The Bad Ends releases their fourth single “Mile Marker 29” from their debut album, The Power And The Glory, available from New West Records
Great album! Bill wrote, and plays on most of the instruments, on an instrumental titled “Ode to Jose”, which is beautiful but kind of resembles “Leave”!
I finally gave the album a listen on Spotify. Not bad, but I think the lyrics/vocals were the weak link at times.
Ode to Jose is interesting, since it’s apparently a Bill Berry composition. Could easily be an Automatic for the People-era outtake. I don’t know how much the rest of the Bad Ends band added to it, but the arrangement reminds me of what post-Berry REM was sometimes missing.