Dead Reckoning, by The Builders and the Butchers

Dead Reckoning

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1.	I Broke The Vein 05:35	buy track
2.	Rotten To The Core 04:00	buy track
3.	It Came From The Sea 02:48	buy track
4.	Lullaby 03:53	buy track
5.	Moon Is On The March 04:36	buy track
6.	All Away 04:09	buy track
7.	Cradle On Fire 03:52	buy track
8.	We All Know The Way 03:45	buy track
9.	Out Of The Mountain 05:30	buy track
10.	Blood For You 01:22	buy track
11.	Black Elevator 05:36	buy track
12.	Family Tree 04:06	buy track

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“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.” - Paul Thompson, Pitchfork

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.

The Builders and the Butchers still brew up an expansive sound on the shanty-esque “It Came From the Sea” and the country-rocking “Black Elevator,” but they also know how to scale things back. “Blood for You” features little more than a cappella vocals and homemade percussion (which sounds like someone banging a 2X4 against the wall), while “All Away” keeps things simple with guitar, mandolin, and light organ. It’s hard not to draw parallels to the Decemberists -- fellow Portland residents whose frontman, Colin Meloy, shares a strikingly similar voice with frontman Ryan Sollee -- but Dead Reckoning is further proof that the Builders and Butchers are building their own identity. - Andrew Leahey, All Music Review

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The Builders and the Butchers Portland, Oregon

Their last album was hailed by Consequence of Sound, who said, “The Builders and the Butchers make records the way the bards used to pass on stories. They’re poetic and captivating, and do to songwriting what Clint Eastwood does to movies,” and this new record follows the same, narrative-driven path. ... more

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