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(This is Why We Can't Have) Nice Things

by Bad News

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(This is Why We Can't Have) Nice Things 06:42
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(This is Why We Can't Have) Nice Things [remix] 05:47

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Influenced by the post-industrial Nettwerk/Wax Trax heyday Bad News is the anachronistic heavy industrial duo that pits the spellbound female vocals and guitar of Sarah Bernat [16 Bitch Pile-Up] against the male synthesizers and drum machines of SF Bay Area noise veteran Alex S. Lukas.

(This is Why We Can’t Have) Nice Things bores its way directly into the pleasure center of your brain and attempts to blow it to fucking pieces. It latches onto your subconscious and becomes symbiotic with your fear. You will put the stone in your mouth. Your teeth will break on it! The remixed B-side turns a cold goth shoulder, replacing guitar with the melodic, mechanistic synths of Marc Manning.

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released September 24, 2013

Written and Performed by Bad News
Sarah Bernat - vocals, guitar, electronics
Alex S. Lukas - programming, synths, electronics

Marc Manning - additional synths on Side B
Recorded, Engineered & Mastered at Dunsmuir! in San Francisco by The Sleep Genius
Cover Art by Bad News

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