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Bishop Allen and The Broken String

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Released
  
July 24, 2007

The Broken String (2007)
  
Grrr... (2009)

Release date
  
24 July 2007

Genre
  
Indie rock

Length
  
40:19

Artist
  
Bishop Allen

Label
  
Dead Oceans

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Producers
  
Justin Rice, Christian Rudder

Indie rock albums
  
Grrr, Charm School, Shotter's Nation, Nighttiming, Cease to Begin

Bishop Allen and the Broken String is the second full-length album by the indie rock group Bishop Allen. It was released on July 24, 2007.

Contents

Ten of the twelve tracks are re-workings of selections from the 12 EP project the band did in 2006.

Track listing

  1. "The Monitor" – 3:42
  2. "Rain" – 3:36
  3. "Click, Click, Click, Click" – 3:08
  4. "The Chinatown Bus" – 3:22
  5. "Flight 180" – 5:10
  6. "Like Castanets" – 3:17
  7. "Butterfly Nets" – 3:12
  8. "Shrinking Violet" – 1:51
  9. "Corazon" – 4:21
  10. "Middle Management" – 2:43
  11. "Choose Again" – 3:12
  12. "The News from Your Bed" – 2:45

Many uncommon instrumental arrangements are found in The Broken String, such as "Butterfly Nets" (ukulele, saxophone) or "Like Castanets" (banjo, oboe).

Songs

1The Monitor3:42
2Rain3:36
3Click - Click - Click - Click3:08

References

Bishop Allen & The Broken String Wikipedia
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