You may remember Los Angeles power-pop favorites the Broken West, well, breaking up earlier this year. Think again. The band backed Jason Segel on Forgetting Sarah Marshall muppet jam “Dracula’s Lament” on his Tuesday night The Late Late Show appearance, though don’t get too excited about a full-fledged reunion — a Merge spokesperson tells me [...]
Photo by David GreenwaldWell, shit. Buy me a one-way ticket to Bummerville, dudes — just days after finding out Harlem Shakes have called it quits, I hear L.A. power-pop favorites the Broken West are done, too. Full disclosure, I have a vested interest in these dudes — in addition to being great, my name’s in [...]
Aquarium Drunkard just premiered this great new tune by the Broken West. It comes to us from their new record Now or Heaven, which sounds like it must be a fantastic one indeed. MP3: The Broken West - Auctioneer I'm going to go ahead and say that this sounds like a sexier version of the National. [...]~~
Tomorrow sees the release of The Broken West's sophomore LP, Now Or Heaven, their second album for their label home at Merge Records. The album marks a departure from the more straight froward, hook laden, work of the bands last two studio efforts, both in tone and arrangement. We caught up with the Broken [...]