Strange Pains – “Lucifer Disguised”
The Providence-based musician Ted Bradley plays in former Cymbals Eat Guitars frontman Joseph D'Agostino's band Empty Country, and he also makes his own music as Strange Pains. D'Agostino produced, engineered, and mixed Strange Pains' upcoming LP The Diamond District, Volume 1 , the first part of a planned two-LP set, which was originally supposed to come out today. It'll instead arrive next…
Providence-based musician Ted Bradley, who plays with former Cymbals Eat Guitars frontman Joseph D Agostino's band Empty Country, also releases music under the name Strange Pains. Agostino produced, engineered, and mixed Strange Pains' upcoming album The Diamond District, Volume 1, which was originally set to release today but will now be released next month.
However, the single "Lucifer Disguised" is out today. Strange Pains has previously released songs like "Memory Man" and "Walking With Yves" from the album. Bradley's new single surprised me despite the abundance of information available about it. It's a hard-driving alt-rock track with strong hooks that I imagine would get significant airplay in a hypothetical past.
In a press release, Bradley explained that he started writing "Lucifer Disguised" the morning after moving to Providence, while rattling from a night out at the There Were Wires reunion at AS220. The song explores themes of identity, accumulation, and shedding, and it's presented in the second person, which felt natural to him. The Diamond District, Volume 1 is set to release on 10/16 through Best Brother Records.
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