Tad Bleak Chicago, Illinois
Tad Bleak is the project of Chicago composer and musician Jim DelFosse. A faded music diploma covered by a Stranglers poster; the mournful sound of the last Xanax clanging around the container. Where dark, strident piano themes - anchored by sinister bass lines - maintain an uneasy truce with soulfully twisted guitar schizophrenics. Eine kleine Nachtmusik? Not a little night music -a lot of it. ... more
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