Tuesday, 25 March 2025

New to NA: Sad Sells

Sad Sells are a six-piece band from Manchester about whom I know very little. I heard a version of Don't Feel Sad on 6 Music at the weekend, and something chimed with me - perhaps the "I don't feel much, but I don't feel sad" refrain - so I investigated a little deeper. They have a YouTube channel, Soundcloud and other stuff, of course. Guy Garvey was quick to make Smiths comparisons but I think that's lazy on his part - just because they have an M postcode and some jangly guitar sounds. But aside from the fact that they are not the sons and heirs of Morrissey and Marr, I think they are making a half-decent noise. See what you think.

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  1. No, the Smiths never did harmony vocals. I like this lot, but I can't hear any Smiths in there at all.

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  2. I like the sound of these - thanks. Cannot hear any Smiths in there either, more something of a folky / country Americana vibe, especially in the second song here.

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  3. Thirty seconds in on 'Don't Feel Sad' and it's about as far from The Smiths as can be imagined. I'd have put money on them being the latest mid-tempo guitar band to come out of the mid-states of Trumpland.

    Listening to the rest of the song and the second offering, and I'm now wanting to know what mind-altering drugs Guy Garvey was on when he made that particular comparison.

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    1. Yes, exactly! Manchester and a bit downbeat in places, therefore the natural heirs, etc. Makes no sense to me.

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