This is our drummer Sean McDonald. He was missed last weekend in New York….We wish him a speedy recovery! Sean will be drumming one handed on our tour of the Pacific Northwest in November! (Highly recommended)
This is our bass player Brian who held it down in Sean’s absence.
Thanks so much to Ben and Edbury at
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for putting this site together!
The Broken West are hitting the road this fall in support of their new record, Now or Heaven. Now or Heaven is released on Tuesday, September 9th and that just happens to be the first date of the fall tour.
The Broken West will also bid a fond farewell to drummer, Rob McCorkindale. A new baby and other family commitments have made Rob’s departure necessary, but everyone will miss him! Sean McDonald will take over the skins and join Dan, Brian, Ross and Jeff on the road this fall.
09/09/08 Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
09/10/08 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr.
09/11/08 Iowa City, IA @ The Picador
09/12/08 Madison, WI @ Orpheum Side Door
09/13/08 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
09/15/08 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
09/16/08 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room
09/17/08 Toronto @ Horseshoe Tavern
09/21/08 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
09/21/08 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
09/23/08 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
09/24/08 Washington, DC @ Rock N Roll Hotel
09/25/08 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
09/26/08 Mt. Pleasant, SC @ Village Tavern
09/27/08 Nashville, TN @ The Basement
09/29/08 Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone
09/30/08 Denton, TX @ Dan’s Silverleaf
10/01/08 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
10/04/08 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
Merge Records will release Now or Heaven, the sophomore album from Los Angeles’ The Broken West on September 9, 2008.
It was in a backyard of their L.A. neighborhood that Ross Flournoy, Danny Iead, Rob McCorkindale, Brian Whelan and friend/writing partner Adam Vine developed Now or Heaven, The Broken West’s second full-length album. While many bands’ second albums end up being about the road, Now or Heaven originates from home, the longing to get there and all that comes from being there. The perspective generated from the time spent on the road and the distance traveled led to a new, unnameable development.
Drummer Rob McCorkindale and bassist Brian Whelan tempered and extended the rhythms and the tone of longing first explored on I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On. Each song on Now or Heaven contains clever guitars and sublime harmonies, while the drums and bass deliver driving, deliberate rhythms that are more than metronomic; these pulses literally and figuratively power the album. Now or Heaven also marks Brian’s songwriting debut with the dynamic romp, “Got It Bad.”
The Broken West spent a year searching for “a diamond in a bag of ice,” only to find what they were looking for in their own backyard. Ross, Danny, Rob, and Brian may have returned from their travels with a more sinister perspective on the world, but despite everything, each song on Now or Heaven is infused with an immediate burst of catchy familiarity and unquenchable charm.