Sad Brad Smith is a singer and songwriter in Chicago, whose song "Help Yourself," won him acclaim and disdain in several small circles. In 2010 he released his first masterpiece, "Love is Not What You Need," which has yet to generate significant buzz within the public sphere, followed in 2014 by the psychedelic, death-folk song cycle, Magic. A harrowing new work, titled the Painter, coming 2017. ... more