The Sad Song Co.
The Sad Song Co. is a solo project of Powell that also features bass player Jason Moulster, begun in 2000 in Oxford. Powell took the songs he had been writing for Unbelievable Truth and recorded them for the debut the Sad Song Co. album
miseryguts, which was released in 2003. Moulster contributed bass throughout. Following a few years touring with Dive Dive in support of their first two albums Powell recorded his second album Poignant Device.
Marillion contributed use of their Racket Studios while they were on tour, and it was completed with
George Shilling at his Bank Cottage Studios later that year. By the time of its release in 2007 three quarters of Dive Dive had begun acting as
Frank Turner’s backing band on record and on tour, so there was little opportunity for touring, outside of the release show for the album supporting Marillion at their fan weekend in Port Zelande, the
Netherlands. During breaks in touring in 2014 and 2015, Powell wrote and recorded another album titled
in amber. After
crowdfunding through
PledgeMusic, the album was released on 26 August 2016, and he undertook a UK tour in October, between tours with Frank Turner. Another album entitled
Worth was released in 2018. ==Discography – as musician==