How I never knew thee: Finding bands after they break up – Conrad Ford (Part 1)

broken record image from here

So I got a bit of a random email over at Yer Bird Records from someone.  It find it happens quite a bit being a music blogger and label owner…imagine that.  So after some name dropping (albeit great names) he recommended a band.  The band has since broken up and the various members have entered into new projects and for the most part are still making music.  But I still like the original band too!  The band that is no longer recording!  I am also assuming there isn’t much chance of a huge reunion tour opening stadiums across North America, making a collective box set and issuing digitally remastered copies of their albums….so there’s that.

So the band is Conrad Ford and I also found that via my good friends at IODA, they have some promo tracks!  So the now defunct Conrad Ford come across as a mix of laid back alt country pushed through the mic at an Eels concert.  Sounds interesting doesn’t it?  Well that might not be what everyone hears, but definitely worth your time to listen to a few tracks and pick one of the many paths to purchase this Tarnished Records release.  The below is from 2006’s “Don’t You Miss Yourself” and my pick of the three is Godfather or Radio Station – just solid tunes.  Tomorrow I will have another 3 tracks from their last release “Secret Army” from 2008 which is grows on the below songs and comes out as a fantastic album as a whole, so stick around.

So overall, I get it, its over.  I’m just a bit disappointed…but I guess I should be at least glad to have the chance to listen to some “new” music.

Conrad Ford
“Golden Hearts” (mp3)
“Radio Station” (mp3)
“Godfather” (mp3)
from “Don’t You Miss Yourself”
(Tarnished Records)

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You can find out a bit about the band on their MySpace page HERE.  They have a blog post on “where are they now” as well, see it HERE.

~Smansmith