hmmm got a great Broken West story for the class...
Got a copy of the new Broken West CD via yesterday via lala which of course didn't get released until today. As one would expect it's not the retail version of the album. The disc label is whats making me grin at the moment, as someone at the record label took the time to take a Sharpie to the CD in order to write over the band name originally printed.
The Broken West, formerly known as The Brokedown, got a cease and desist letter from some hack punk band known as the Brokedowns and instead of spending the money to fight the lawsuit opted to change their name. The name change must have come about between the time The Broken West signed to Merge and the non retail version of the CDs pressed up. As you can clearly see where it use to say The Brokedown underneath the Sharpied Broken West. It's a shame it got Sharpied as it could have been a collectors item
I'm still absorbing the record, but like the 60s pop vibe complete with jangling guitars and vintage keyboard sounds. It's good but not as much as the Brokedown EP released last year, it also appears the guy who played pedal steel on that EP is no longer with the group. At this point I'd recommend it to people who like Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend" and early Bangles.
