BAD NEWS. GOOD NEWS.

TRACKLISTING


A1. Brihang & Compact Disk Dummies - Stee ntje / I remember (live)
A2. Millionaire - Dig a Ditch
A3. Mauro Pawlowski - Spotlight
A4. Het Zesde Metaal - De Onvolledigen (feat. Stefanie Callebaut ) (Live)
A5. Sam De Nef - Satelliet Suzy
A6. Hydrogen Sea - These Days
B1. School is Cool - Close
B2. STUFF. - Cumulus
B3. Flying Horseman - Flar e
B4. Nordmann - Cascade(s)
B5. Faces on TV - Keep Me Close
B6. Willy O rgan - Autostrade





INFO


With canceled sh ows, closed venues and lost incomes, the pandemic was bad news for many music ar tists. But it wasn't only bad news in 2020, as many artists used their struggle to do what they do best during difficult times: create great music. This is why N.E.W.S. Records, a record company based in Ghent releases 'Bad News. Good News. '. A limited edition vinyl record with great songs that couldn't be played live because of the pandemic. The record itself is made from the ashes of newspapers and magazines containing the bad news that hit the music industry in 2020 (and p revented artists from performing live). As proof that great music always survive s bad news, no matter how desperate things can get. To create the records, N.E.W .S. Records worked with And Vinyly, a UK-based company specialized in pressing v inyl records with ashes.

Many artists collaborated on the project and shared their insight on how the bad news happening in the music world influence d their music, like Johannes Genard, lead singer of School is Cool: "The one goo d thing about bad times is that they open new perspectives on things you've grow n accustomed to, and that is exactly our core business as artists: comforting du ring challenging times; challenging during comfortable times and finding new way s to look at old things."

The compilation contains some exclusives li ke the Brihang & Compact Disk Dummies 'Steentje / I Remember' mash up, recorded live for 'Week van de Belgische Muziek' and Sam De Nef's cover of the belpop cla ssic 'Satelliet Suzy' recorded for StuBru.