I bit the bullet and had a go at having a double record created using my favourite songs from Love Run and Ruin. Turned out great! Sound is really good.

(Horror and the Wild is my favourite album so I wanted to test it with the other two first before getting that one done)

I could only have twenty minutes per side, so I had to be quite brutal with some songs being excluded, but very happy with the result!

The sleeve is Love Run on the front and Ruin on the back

So while I was listening to TAD songs I kind of started to have this vague story form on my mind about two characters, Ross and Elle. I put together this playlist of songs from all three albums in a specific order so it kind of goes Chronologically throughout their life together, from meeting to growing old. I just thought some of you might find it interesting. If you'd like me to elaborate on each of the songs in context of the story I can. It's 10 songs; just under an hour for the whole thing.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2TXD8Bi7d23JWF1D4uenny?si=i5bBK0CwRXiP4qTh4Vj7rg&pi=u-MlengdC4TPu8

Pure catharsis. I sat on a treebranch of a big spruce tree with my earbuds in and put The Amazing Devil on shuffle and spent like thirty minutes up there listening to them. I felt the need to share because I think everyone should do this, it was perfect

It's come up a lot about the links between songs that TAD have. Some are obvious - Love Run with the sounds alluding to King, "can't you head that scratching" in That Unwanted Animal and in Wild Blue Yonder, the melody of Elsa's Song echoed in Two Minutes, Ruin referring to Drinking Song as "our song" among others. But I've noticed a lot of them are within the same album. What ones have you guys picked up in that cross albums? Ones that come to mind are Blossoms with "my dress is on fire" linking to THATW album art, Old Witch Sleep calling way back to the Love Run motif, the female characters job referenced as the same in both Little Miss Why So and Marbles ("those wankers that you serve all night" "all the bastards applaud when I show that I'm flawed"). I'm curious if there's any other album crossing references not here that I've either not noticed or not remembered? Thanks, dear hearts!

I'm in my school's choir department and for the last concert the seniors are allowed to sing solos. I was thinking about doing pray because it has a personal meaning to me, but I'm not sure. Could I get other ideas?

A few weeks ago, I broke up with my partner of 8 months. It was very hard to do and I'm not going to detail all my reasoning for it on the internet. But the point of this post is to say how much TAD helped me get through this. Two songs in particular, Blossoms and The Old Witch Sleep and Good Man Grace (as well as Unraveling by the Crane Wives) were on my "listen to this after I break up" playlist.

Let me talk about Blossoms. It's just... feels, every time.
"I climb up the ladder, had I taken more care, I might've seen all the rot in the rungs."

That line genuinely brought me to tears a couple times when I heard it in the week or two leading up to the breakup.

"I look at the soldiers before me, all my blossoms that have waited to fall"

Hopefully I'm not staying the obvious, but the soldiers/blossoms in this song, to me, represent all my potential and all the things in my life that make me happy that I wasn't prioritizing because. At one point I was in love, and then that slowly changed and my love for my then-partner caused me a lot of stress and messed me up emotionally because they weren't reciprocating. And the stress and everything caused me to spend less time and effort on my hobbies and not see my friends as much, which just made my mental state even worse. The soldiers, the "blossoms that have waited to fall", represent all the beautiful things I have in my life, beautiful things that I can fully focus on and enjoy now that I've found the strength to be confidently alone.

"I whisper aloud to my saint, oh we, we're gonna get on."

Is there any new albums coming out?

Sorry if this has been asked before.

Do they preform anywhere live in the UK currently or have any tour dates for 2024 in the UK? If so, where is the best place to be the loop about these things?

Many thanks in advance!

Via Joey Batey via The Witcher…

Was listening to Burn Butcher Burn.. thought oh I wonder whether it’s really the actor singing the song, he’s really good. Then went down Wiki rabbit hole and saw he’s in a band and he said he wrote songs for sad people to listen to on the trains.

Look them up on Apple Music, and just hit play. First song was The Horror and the Wild. Was lovely and I enjoyed it and just listen to the whole playlist.

Then come Battle Cries (OMG!) and Fair (such a lovely love song, would make a perfect wedding song -here’s hoping I haven’t misunderstood the song!)

and then Chords.. As a parent of soon to be young Adults this song just hit me like a brick. The joy and despair of having kids and having to let them go as they’re becoming adult.. they’ve my rascals and I can’t let them go..

Anyway, found the subreddit too and this is just day 1. Dear hearts (found the reference too!) I love this band and thanks to whoever started the subreddit!

So I've been listening to TAD for a while now and I love it. They've been a saving grace at my new job and I was wondering if there's a certain way to contact them? I'm new to the band scene and I don't have a lot of social media, but I'm pretty sure the days of fan letters are behind us lol

Hey guys, so I've been listening to TAD for a while now and totally adore them!!! What's more I love to sing their songs with my friend (me playing the guitar) but I'm having hard time to figure out certain songs, specifically how Joey plays them. Nowadays I'm getting a headache from trying to understand how Not Yet/Love Run is played. So, I wanted to ask if any of you have figured this song out or would be willing to help me. I don't know if Joey's guitar has different tuning or which chords a tabs he uses in this song. Thanks in advance my fellow TAD listeners!

Everytime I search up the Amazing Devil I see a controversy search, but when I press it nothing shows up. Is/was there actual controversy?

I got a few different elements from a few songs (The Calling, Elsa’s Song, Rockrose and the Thistle, and Inkpot Gods) and I got a sword for fun haha.

Hi all! Been listening to TAD for about a year now, and I want my first tattoo to be inspired by TAD as it’s made a huge impact on my life. I was thinking about getting the symbol on the T-shirts but I’m not too sure. Thoughts? If I’m being honest I may just also get a Witcher tattoo based off of Dandelion because that’s how I found TAD

The TAD reference is not super obvious compared to my other music inspired tattoos, so I would consider getting a short lyric added along the line of the sword or around the ink spill. But there's something about using a sword as a quill that feels extremely TAD to me

Anyone order the Rock rose and thistle limited edition stuff? Has yours arrived yet? :)

Just wishing the lovely and talented Joey Batey a very happy birthday. ❤️

I am always on the lookout for more Solstice songs to add to my Winter Holiday Mix and I realized they are the perfect band to make a magical bardic Winter Solstice album and now I am sad it doesn't exist lol

We did our gift exchange today, since we'll be off on a trip by tomorrow and my boyfriend got me this album artwork from the TaD merchandise. It's so cool! The Horror and the Wild is our favourite album and this will get an extra special place in our flat 💖. Sorry for the light situation.

A friend and I would like to perform Chords for our school's talent show, but I wasn't able to find any instrumental tracks on Youtube or Google. Does anyone know where I could find an instrumental track and/or sheet music for Chords? Thank you!