Chris Brokaw – Ghost Ship LP

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“Four years after his rock juggernautPuritan,Chris BrokawdeliversGhost Ship, a landscape meditation (at sea) for vocals and electric guitars. You need to listen toGhost Shipfrom beginning to end. Stand too close to the speaker holding a plastic cup of seltzer with lime and really crank it up. If you have a purple light bulb, screw that into the ceiling fixture, and it will be like seeing Brokaw play the kind of live Brokaw set that puts you on the bottom of the ocean, standing under a transmission tower with a semicircle of effects pedals at its feet. If this sounds vaporous, consider the conversational chords of ‘8 Or 9 Things’, the sharply descending final notes of ‘Profile’, or the extinction burst of ‘Anything Anymore’. Think of echolocation: sonics defining space and distance, time elapsing, the disappearance of something — maybe drugs or a doomed love, possibly in the same form. Chris Brokaw is perhaps best known for his work with the bandsCodeineandCome. He has released over two dozen solo albums of instrumental and vocal music since 2002, and played inThe New Year,Pullman,Charnel Groundand theLemonheads. He has scored nine films, most recentlyCrookedfingerbyJulia HalperinandJason Cortlund, and written for dance and arts associations, most recentlyLowlandswithRimi/Imirin Stavangar, Norway. He has recorded and performed as an accompanist toThurston Moore,Christina Rosenvinge,Rhys Chatham,Jennifer O’Connor,Steve Wynn, andGG Allin. Currently he plays inLupa Citta(withSarah BlackandJenn Gori), theMartha’s Vineyard Ferries(withBob WestonandElisha Wiesner) and theChris Brokaw Rock Band(withClint ConleyandLuther Gray). He continues to perform periodically with Codeine and Come. Recorded and mixed byPaul Kolderieat Wooly Mammoth MA and Camp St. NY October and November 2024.”