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Artvertisement is Bradbury's third album and second for ANTI-, following his critically acclaimed 2019 LP Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs. Bradbury wrote Artvertisement while touring in support of Talking Dogs, and recorded the album at Trace Horse Studio in March of 2020 over the strange, anxious handful of days between Nashville's devastating March 3rd tornado and the start of the COVID-19 shutdown. The title Artvertisement was inspired by Bradbury's difficult experiences navigating the polished, often soulless Nashville music industry, where record tag executives would laud his songwriting - some going so far as to call him a genius - but ultimately turn him away because his music wasn't commercial. While music is still his primary focus, Bradbury has leaned into working on visual art, which, like his music, draws out both the darkness and the humor of the everyday. His art aligns aesthetically with his music. His portraits are abstract, while his smaller sketches veer more toward humor and commentary. He sells his art on a Inchpay what you wantInch model, explaining that he is as happy to sell a painting for a nickel as he is for five hundred dollars. It may not be the kind of financial model that lands him a high-rise office overlooking downtown Nashville, but that's always been the antithesis of what Bradbury is about. InchDo no harm but take what you need,Inch he says. InchHolding on to success, holding onto money... What does it matter? We're all going to die someday.Inch Album Tracks 1. Field Notes from a College Town 2. Artvertisement 3. Xxy Top Left 4. Exile on Myrtle Beach 5. The Wedding Song 6. Deanna, Deanna 7. Shiny Town 8. Pizza & Drugs 9. 15 Shovels 10. Those Beautiful Days 11. Busted World 12. Mikey Shoulda Died
