Titus Andronicus‘ Patrick Stickles plays “Tried to Quit Smoking” for La Blogothèque’s “Take Away Show” series. Filmed in an old warehouse in SoHo by Derrick Belcham, the video finds Stickles deeply invested in “Tried To Quit Smoking”– the slow smoldering, misanthropic closer to Titus Andronicus’ newest LP Local Business (Matador). Framed in black against a barely visible dilapidated backdrop, Sickles attacks the number with masochistic relish using only a guitar and harmonica to fend off his personal demons! Like pulling bandages off an old wound…
