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 Known for his work fronting the enigmatic rock band Pedro the Lion, David Bazan’s emotionally charged narratives, eye for telling detail, and mournful voice have more in common with J.D. Salinger's "Nine Stories" or Flannery O'Connor's "Wise Blood" than with the usual lyrical slant of popular music. Bazan is a gifted storyteller, weaving parables of spiritual conflict, suburban ennui, and personal surrender into magnetic, well-crafted songs.
His debut solo full-length album, curse your branches (out September 1), is a masterwork by a modern American poet (Paste called him one of the "100 best living songwriters" in a piece that followed the release of his solo EP Fewer Moving Parts) at the height of his powers. This record is the deepest and most explicit exploration of his struggles with faith and the Evangelical world in which he was raised to date, and a meditation on all things passed between the generations.
David recently did an interview and played a few songs for American Songwriter. Listen to the tracks and read what David has to say about his latest record here.
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The David Bazan song, hard to be from curse your branches — easily one of the best songs on an album filled with great songs — is being featured as Song of the Day on NPR. You can listen to the song and read their review here. Bazan will also be on NPR's World Café this Thursday, October 15 — you can listen live via the internet (between 2pm and 4pm EST) here, or find your local NPR radio station and listen the old-fashioned way.
Chris Walla was recently paired with J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines) for the NPR All Songs Considered piece called Project Song. The two artists, who had never met before, had two days to write and record a song based on themes and images provided by curator Bob Boilen, and the result is pretty phenomenal. You can read about the project and hear their song here.
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Starting Thursday, October 1st, David Bazan will be taking to the road in support of his recent release, curse your branches, touring with a full band for the first time since the final Pedro The Lion show in October 2005. Joining Bazan on tour will be Eric Elbogen, guitar (Say Hi), Andy Fitts, keyboards + guitar (Aqueduct), Casey Foubert, drums (Richard Swift, Sufjan Stevens), and Blake Wescott, guitar (long-time Bazan collaborator).
Also, the last time Bazan was in Rock Island, IL, he stopped by Daytrotter and recorded a few songs off of the new album in their all-analog studio. The results of that day's work can now be heard at daytrotter.com.
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The final performance in a series of solo house shows is now available to watch from the BrooklynVegan website. Full-band tour starts in October.
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The new David Bazan album curse your branches is in stores Monday August 31, and select retailers will have a free bonus 7" containing two non-album cover recordings available with purchase of the album while supplies last. If you've already pre-ordered the record from Barsuk, you will be getting a 7" in your order, but after our supply runs out (we have only 15 left as of today), the only way to get the 7" will be to purchase from one of the stores carrying it, or maybe from Insound while their supplies last.
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The debut full-length album from David Bazan, curse your branches, comes out September 1, but if you pre-order it before then, you'll get access to streaming audio of the entire album. You can also download a track from the album now.
Bazan will be taking to the road in support of his release with a full band for the first time since the final Pedro the Lion show in October 2005. Joining Bazan on tour will be: Eric Elbogen: guitar (Say Hi), Andy Fitts: keyboards + guitar (Aqueduct), Casey Foubert: drums (Richard Swift, Sufjan Stevens), Blake Wescott: guitar (long-time Bazan collaborator).
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