Brandon Adams and the Sad Bastards are a part of the Blue Light family. Adams said they had played other bars but the Blue Light was always better: “They’re cool man, but we get drunk here!” And they had a great crowd to play to on Saturday night with a fantastic set.
Adams is one of Lubbock’s finest songwriters. His lyrics are sometimes heartbreakingly sad, but that’s just the band living up to its name. Other times there is so much energy on stage that the guitar player thrashes around wildly as if he is too into his solos to just stand there. It is absolutely refreshing to see a band so unconcerned with looking cool that they do it anyway.
The flat notes the band bends during Won’t Back Down are so damn interesting and out of place that they actually work. Love’s Given Up On Me makes you a little heartsick, with its sad message of loneliness. Adams obviously has a broad range of songwriting skills.
Be on the lookout for a CD release party happening at Blue Light in the next few months. Adams and the Bastards are almost ready to unleash their debut album on the world, and you are going to want to be paying attention when they do.
