Brokeback
January 10th, 2007
Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
AKG C 414 B-XLS/ST (blumlein - onstage) > Bumblebee MiAGi-II Silver
Clad
Custom Mic Cables > Lunatec V3 > Sonic AD2K+ > Marantz PMD671 @
24/48 > 
Compactflash Card > Sandisk Card Reader > Adobe Audition > wav > flac > CDR

1. The Wind Up Bird
2. From The Black Current / After the Internationals
3. In the Reeds
4. Cindi
5. Everywhere Down Here
6. Another Routine Day Breaks
7. Sometimes A Cold Rain Can Push Down On The Back Of Your Head

Douglas McCombs - Six String Bass
Noel Kupersmith - Bass
Tim Mulvenna - Drums

Brokeback returns to the Empty Bottle after a performing absence of over a year. Realized by bassist Doug McCombs, Brokeback, whatever the cast of revolving contributors, is a compositional endeavor that focuses on rhythm and texture. McCombs has three albums to his credit using the Brokeback moniker, the latest of which, Looks as the Bird, was released by the local Thrill Jockey imprint.

Douglas may be familiar to many of you as the bassist for Eleventh Dream Day, Tortoise and most recently Pullman, an all-acoustic collaboration that features members of Come, Directions in Music and Rex. During the last two years Brokeback has released two singles and played numerous live dates throughout the U.S. and in Europe. Through Brokeback, Douglas has sought to explore something not as densely structured as his other musical outings with a focus on rhythm and texture. The idea with Brokeback is to keep things simple and let the melodies hang in the air. By the nature of this decision the music is sparse, but not without sounding full and realized.

If you've enjoyed this recording please visit thrilljockey.com to purchase more great music from Brokeback. Please keep seeding for as long as you can, and NEVER sell any recordings.