{"id":20123,"date":"2014-01-21T16:07:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T00:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=20123"},"modified":"2014-01-22T11:27:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T19:27:50","slug":"tom-brosseau-releases-new-album-grass-punks-and-new-video-album-release-party-tonight-at-largo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-01\/tom-brosseau-releases-new-album-grass-punks-and-new-video-album-release-party-tonight-at-largo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brosseau Releases New Album “Grass Punks” and New Video–Album Release Party Tonight at Largo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Where to start with the uniquely-talented singer-songwriter Tom Brosseau<\/strong><\/a>?\u00a0 Suffice it to say we’ve been a huge fan of TB’s<\/strong> from the first moment we heard him sing his songs (as a duo with another of our faves, Angela Correa(town) <\/strong><\/a>who also joins Brosseau<\/strong> occasionally in Les Shelleys<\/strong><\/a>) at the much-missed Buffalo Records<\/strong> in Santa Barbara.\u00a0 Since then we haven’t missed a performance of the North Dakotan’s within 75 miles of Santa Barbara, and have traveled to his new-homeland LA on multiple occasions to catch him at his Largo<\/strong> hideaway.\u00a0\u00a0 We love everything about Brosseau<\/strong> except that he hasn’t received the fame and fortune warranted by his songwriting and live delivery.\u00a0 His entire discography is amongst our favorites.\u00a0 He has written many of our favorite songs, and his How To Grow A Woman From The Ground<\/strong><\/em> remains at the very top of our (and many others’) list of all-time best songs.\u00a0 Dark Garage, Broken Ukelele<\/strong><\/em> and Portrait of George Washington<\/strong><\/em> are other outstanding songs from his rich mine.\u00a0 In a live setting, Brosseau<\/strong> has one of the keenest senses of stage dynamics.\u00a0 He always makes the best use of that gift, his lilting vocalese and elegantly spare guitar-playing.\u00a0 Don’t miss the next opportunity you have to catch him live (see upcoming tour dates at bottom).<\/p>\n

In addition to his own work, since 2010 Brosseau<\/strong> has performed with Santa Barbaran Becky Stark<\/strong> and John C. Reilly<\/strong> in John Reilly & Friends<\/strong>, a band devoted to unheralded American folk music.\u00a0 In 2011, Reilly<\/strong> and Brosseau<\/strong> recorded a 7″ vinyl single entitled\u00a0John & Tom <\/em><\/strong>that was produced by Jack White<\/strong> for Third Man Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, after five long years, Brosseau<\/strong> has today released a superb new album entitled Grass Punks<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Grass Punks<\/strong><\/em> is his seventh studio album, and it was recorded and produced by Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek)<\/strong> “in a room in a house near the 101 FWY in Hollywood, California.”\u00a0 According to Brosseau<\/strong>: “the title of this album is a phrase belonging to a very talented, original San Diego female artist, who would perform her soft, low voiced poetry over cafard melodies on the piano…. Grass Punks<\/strong> <\/em>at once brought to my mind an earthen smoldering stick, used to light a wick or ward off peskiness, but now it stands for something greater, a sort of heading for everything I believe in when it comes to my brand of folk music and DIY recording.”\u00a0 And that, we totally get (having lit and listened to a multitude of “Black Cats” in our time).<\/p>\n

To get a feel for the new album’s songs, watch the newly-released official video for the tremendous Today Is A Brand New Day<\/strong><\/em>, one of the highlights off the new album.\u00a0 After, listen to two other superb songs off the album, the witty and clever Cradle Your Device<\/strong><\/em> and the sweet Tami<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 And speaking of Largo<\/strong>, Brosseau<\/strong> will appear tonight at Largo<\/strong> in support of the release of Grass Punks<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 And ferheavensake go buy the new album HERE,<\/strong><\/a> and support this great artist.<\/p>\n