The air is blue, thick with disdain, pain and of overwhelming loss. You’ve got a bad liver in alcoholic fervour trying to numb the broken heartache. A whirlwind of emotion you turn to the only reliable source and hint of healing you know, your record collection and it’s countless cries of loves lost and cold analysis.

You’re not the only one it reminds you, art is born out of such sentiments.

Brent Handlebear takes us through a personal trip, working his way through the blackness, blackness everywhere  where little lights shine, the blackness drags you down,  let this compilation light the candle in that poor heart of yours.

I hope it’s better when we meet again.

Tracklist

1. Tom Waits – Bad Liver & A Broken Heart – Asylum – 1976
2. Brent Handlebear Blues 1 – 2009
3. Spiritualized – All Of My Thoughts –  Dedicated – 1997
4. Heartless Bastards – Nothing Seems The Same – Fat Possum Records – 2009
5. ‘Would You Marry Me For My Money?’ – Breakfast At Tiffanys – Directed by Blake Edwards – 1961
6. Fleetwood Mac – Need Your Love So Bad – Blue Horizon -1969
7. Jayne Mansfield’s House Of Love – 1961
8. Bobby Bland – Aint No Love In The Heart Of The City – ABC Dunhill – 1974
9. The Beta Band – She’s The One –  Regal – 1998
10. Joni Mitchell – This Flight Tonight – Reprise – 1971
11. Morrisey – I’ll See You In Far Off Places – Sanctuary – 2006
12. Beck – Bottle Of Blues – Geffen – 1998
13. Richard Pryor Live On The Sunset Strip – 1982
14. Mouldy Peaches – Anyone Else But You – Rough Trade – 2001
15. Nilsson – You’re Breaking My Heart – RCA – 1972
16. Shenley Court Folk Song Group – With My Hand On My Head (Pt 3) – 1971
17. The Doors – Indian Summer – Elektra – 1970
18. Nick Drake – Know – Island – 1971
19. Elliot Smith – Between The Bars – Kill Rock Starts – 1997
20. Bjork – I See Who You Are – One Little Indian – 2007
21. Super Furry Animals – Fire In My Heart – Creation – 1999

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