Bastards TSOV-EXCESS.4 and occasional playful rhythmic rituals

and occasional playful rhythmic rituals that offer brief respite from the saturation of musical sadism

head on over to your favorite ditch

Between 1981 and 1984

and pain is reflected in the complex culture of today

more complex arrangements and not always hiding behind raw volume

Bastards TSOV-EXCESS.4 and occasional playful rhythmic ritualsThe collection of 56 songs went far beyond a simple career retrospective. It dipped back as far as 1984 with the bulk of it's songs hailing from the mid nineties onward. Over 2 3 of the material had never been heard when originally released in 2006 and had 30 newly recorded songs. Orphans also featured a number of songs finding a home on a Waits' album for the first time. They included Waits' unique interpretations of songs by such diverse talents as