Release Date: 30 September 2013
Label: Jealous Brother Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 655037092421
Release Date: 11 November 2022
Label: Jealous Brother Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 843563141410
Description
"Babies burn, oceans overflow, family trees don't fork; Dead Reckoning, the third LP from Portland's the Builders and the Butchers, plays out a little like Cormac McCarthy Unplugged, a ramshackle 19th century end-times sermon gone folk-rock.
"The whole world's rotten to the core," singer Ryan Sollee reminds us with a howl on the album's most cathartic chorus. We may already be this screwed, the Builders and the Butchers seem to be suggesting throughout Dead Reckoning. High time we started shouting about it. ...even as they scream down the sky, the Builders and the Butchers seem to be having a blast, and it's catching. Should the end of days finds you with a bottle of whiskey and Dead Reckoning, pray you've got a way to play the thing."
Description
We may already be this screwed, the Builders and the Butchers seem to be suggesting throughout Dead Reckoning. High time we started shouting about it. The Builders and Butchers combine folksy Americana with a hybrid of Celtic and Southern gothic traditions, creating a sound that doesn 't evoke one specific location as much as a patchwork of long-forgotten places. The guys keep things loose on their third album, Dead Reckoning, whose 12 songs were recorded in a series of live takes with few overdubs. The result isn't as lushly textured as Salvation Is a Deep Dark Well, which found the Builders beefing up their old-time folk songs with 21st century production, but it 's far more representative of their live show. Apart from guest performers Amanda Lawrence and Zy Orange Lynn, both of whom add string parts to the album, Dead Reckoning is a stripped-down effort, with acoustic instruments taking precedence over their electric counterparts and a sense of raw, off-the-cuff energy reigning supreme. Pressed on Turquoise Color vinyl.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
The Hackles
Motrik
Califone
Mikaela Davis & Circles Around The Sun
SticklerPhonics
Mikaela & Circles Around The Sun Davis
Blue Cranes
The Builders And The Butchers
The Builders And The Butchers
The Builders And The Butchers
The Builders And The Butchers
