Dusted off another jem for ya’ll this week. Click below for a digitized version of the Heartless Martin Tonigh cassette recorded in Summer 1993 to become the seventh release on Donna Dresch’s Chainsaw Records label. The one-off collaboration featured Corin Tucker of Heavens to Betsy/Sleater-Kinney fame together with Becca Albee from Excuse 17.
This EP is a definite stunner with heart breaking simple songs and lyrics highlighting Corin’s voice as it cuts through the lo-fi recording and lands square in the middle of your chest. “Heartless Martin, ready for take off!”
tracklisting:
1. you can’t break a broken heart
2. the times (kerry)
3. 20/20 vision
4. johnny
5. movie theme song
noise noise noise
DOWNLOAD: Heartless Martin - Tonigh cassette
15 responses so far ↓
1 Nicole // 8 Oct 2008 at 5:09
I love you for posting this.
2 steph // 21 Jan 2009 at 17:20
thank you! this made my day!
3 alicia // 22 Jan 2009 at 22:42
thank you thank you thank you!
hadn’t heard this since forever ago.
4 brandon // 1 Feb 2009 at 5:27
thank you so much!!! i’ve been looking for this for years! i guess just not in the right place. thanks again!
5 JEFF G // 9 Nov 2009 at 6:15
I’ve been searching for this forever too..almost everytime im on the computer..Thanks for helping me find these deep deep hidden treasures!
6 Deanna // 10 Feb 2010 at 4:52
Oh my word, I’ve been listening to the most awful sounding mp3s of these songs for years. Thank you so much for posting this! Amazing to hear it so clearly.
7 Amelie // 15 Mar 2010 at 8:35
i literally cannot express how much i heart these recordings. thank you so much! (and is there anything in the world you desire than I can find for you??? I feel like I owe you so much…)
8 Jamie // 17 Mar 2010 at 10:14
thank you thank you! Someone made me a mix tape in the middish 90s with “johnny ya lied to me!” etc on them and i haven’t been able to find them (or the tape) for over 10 years. AND I’ve had that song stuck in my head:) So thanks all around. Where did you FIND this???
9 Jenny Woolworth // 17 Mar 2010 at 10:44
Thanks all for your comments. I’m so glad to be able to share this bit of beauty. I got the cassette mailorder from K Records or KRS back in the day. I’d love to get my hands on the rest of the early Chainsaw Records catalog, CHSW 1-4…
10 Dougal // 24 Mar 2010 at 12:56
Hmm… I had a strange feeling about that name and checked it and , indeed, the name of the ep is, in fact, “Tonight” — the last t is just not visible…
11 Jenny Woolworth // 24 Mar 2010 at 23:36
hey Dougal - I wonder where you found this information? I have the cassette right here and it clearly states on the front and on the spine that the name is “Tonigh”… very curious!
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14 lauren // 23 Aug 2010 at 3:35
This is basically amazing. Awesome awesome awesome. I love how clear the vocal mix is- assuming the rest of 1000 Years doesn’t bury the vocals like Doubt, what a wonderful way to show how much has changed after 17 years.
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