Six Songs That Were Lost (Until Now) w/ Darren Hayman | The J-Card Podcast

Darren Hayman has been making music since the early ‘90s, first as the frontman of Hefner, then through a sprawling catalog of projects including The French, New Starts, Hayman Watkins Trout and Lee, and Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament. In our conversation we covered his traversal through all those bands, and much more, including seeing Elliott Smith before he was the Elliott Smith.Darren’s mixtape has a specific theme: six of his songs that were either missing, mislabeled, or completely invisible online… recovered and restored by the very same person who booked this episode! Each one has a story, and Darren tells all of them.More on IG:@darren.hayman https://www.instagram.com/darren.haymanThe J-Card is presented by Rue Defense Tape Club, a quarterly, mail-order cassette compilation and DIY audio project. Each episode is part music discovery, part oral history, part hangout show. We ask artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other music-minded folks to build us their own personal mixtape and talk about the moments and memories that inspired it.New episodes drop here and wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching, and if you liked this one, share it with a friend who also might.Created by Alexei ShishkinAssociate Producer: Alivia StonierBooking: Jamie Halliday📬 Subscribe:Subscribe now📲 Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruedefense TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tapeclub Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tapeclub.substack.com X: https://x.com/ruedefense🤝 Support / Sponsorship: https://forms.gle/8L4o4yLvX5fQnpAXA 🎶 Submit Music: https://forms.gle/Mc7En6K8Tb2BbgxJA 📩 Contact: [email protected]⏱️ Chapters:00:00 - Intro to Darren Hayman01:39 - Sleep & Creativity03:52 - The Origins of Hefner09:14 - Lo-Fi Across the Ocean12:17 - Sarah Records & UK Indie13:07 - Portland & New Bad Things14:50 - An Elliott Smith Sighting18:13 - Music Industry Changes24:18 - Advice for Young Artists27:39 - The Mixtape28:51 - “Pull Yourself Together (Didgeridoo Version)” by Hefner31:48 - “Punk Rock Is Going to Die” by The French37:53 - “Since She Started to Ride” by Hayman Watkins Trout and Lee43:43 - “Little Squirrel, Little Arrow” by Darren Hayman49:02 - “We Are Not Evil” by Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament53:39 - “Elizabeth the First” by Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament56:54 - Honorable Mentions1:01:12 - Game: First and Last1:06:21 - Plugs & Outro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tapeclub.substack.com/subscribe