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October 6th, 2015 12:05pm

Be This Sad With Anyone


Bad Bad Hats “Say Nothing”

“Say Nothing” is one of those songs that come along and you just wish the band could somehow take it back in time to the point where it could’ve been a huge hit. And while I do think “Say Nothing” could – and should – take off today, it’s pretty clear that the point in time where it would’ve made Bad Bad Hats very rich is somewhere in the mid to late ‘90s. This is a flawlessly constructed alt-rock song, and the kind that hangs together so well that it feels ragged and off-the-cuff even though it’s rather polished. Kerry Alexander’s lyrics are also precise yet casual, and in this song she’s basically talking her way out of a relationship with someone who becomes silent and emotionally withholding in a clear attempt to force her hand to break up. The tension in the song is in her stubbornly refusing to do what they want, even if she knows it’s the only way out of it. So she at least tries to get a moment where she’s the silent, withholding one: “stop, let me be the one to say nothing!”

Buy it – or download the album for free – from Afternoon Records.

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