Curse Your Branches | ||||
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Released | September 1, 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2008–2009, Bazan's home studio, Seattle, Washington, United States | |||
Genre | Indie rock, Folk rock | |||
Length | 36:42 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Barsuk (bark83) | |||
Producer | David Bazan | |||
David Bazan chronology | ||||
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Curse Your Branches is the first full-length album by David Bazan, the front-man of the indie rock band Pedro the Lion. It was released on September 1, 2009, on Barsuk Records.
The album was recorded from early 2008 to mid-2009 by David Bazan in his basement studio near Seattle, Washington. Additional recording, mixing, and mastering was done by long-time collaborator and former Pedro the Lion member T. W. Walsh at his studio in Massachusetts. [1]
The same day as this album was released, Bazan also put out a single covering Bob Dylan's " The Man in Me" backed with Leonard Cohen's " Hallelujah".
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 82/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
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The A.V. Club | B+ [4] |
Robert Christgau | A- [5] |
Drowned In Sound | 8/10 [6] |
Paste | 8.9/10 [7] |
PopMatters | 8/10 [8] |
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On review aggregator Metacritic the album holds a score of 82/100, based on 19 critic's reviews, indicating "universal acclaim." [2]
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #116 on the Billboard 200 the week of its release. [10]
All songs written by David Bazan, except where otherwise noted