Epic Beard Men – This Was Supposed To Be Fun [Album Stream]
Sage Francis and B. Dolan aka Epic Beard Men are back with their new project, “This Was Supposed To Be Fun”.
Read moreSage Francis and B. Dolan aka Epic Beard Men are back with their new project, “This Was Supposed To Be Fun”.
Read moreThe Epic Beard Men, Sage Francis and B. Dolan are back at it with the release of their new single, “Hedges”.
Read more“Dumb Ass Kids” is the first video from Sage Francis and B. Dolan’s forthcoming Epic Beard Men EP, “Season 1”.
Read moreEpic Beard Men (the Sage Francis and B. Dolan super-duo) are spreading their special brand of cheer this season by declaring “War On Christmas”.
Read moreNew visuals from the Epic Beard Men! Sage Francis & B. Dolan are touring the UK this summer (EdFringe + England) During this month abroad, these beardos will be working out demos for the impending EBM project. You can download this song for free in he meantime at Soundcloud.
Read moreThis lives on Sage Francis’ “Copper Gone” album, available in all formats here.
Read more“Thank You” will live on Sage Francis’ upcoming album, “Copper Gone”. Pre-order here. This live version was recorded during SXSW 2014 at Daytrotter’s studio: “We knew what Sage Francis was going to do to us when he came by the studio in Austin a month ago. We knew he was going to destroy us. We just didn’t know he was going to destroy us as much as he wound up destroying us. He’s a rapper unequaled and his new record, ‘COPPER GONE’, is a goddamned blessing, after a four year break between records. This particular song from the full session floored us. We were slack-jawed and stunned by the passionate delivery and sentiment in ‘Thank You’ and we all — Sage included — wanted to get this out into the world in front of the full session, which we will post in June. With music by Anders Parker and drums by Alias, ‘Thank You’ is a song that feels as ponderous as it feels definitive. It’s a song about a long span of time and people who mostly act out of love, though sometimes it’s strangely shown. Francis raps, ‘Thank you for the matches, for the gift of fire, for the wood and axe, for whuppin’ my ass/For the wheel even if you didn’t invent it/For the impact that you had on me/ It’s epic/Thank you for the effort, for teaching me the ABCs, even if I never make my way to Z, even if I never do for someone
Read more“VONNEGUT BUSY” acts as a stylistic sample dish for what one can expect from Sage Francis on Copper Gone, transitioning seamlessly from socio-economic issues to personal politics, all while being punctuated by the project’s overall mission statement: “When it seems like you’re going through hell…keep going.” The reference to Kurt Vonnegut in the title is accompanied by a quote from the satirical writer in one of the song’s 3 sub-choruses: “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘it might have been.’”
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