The Complete Guide to Insufficiency (2019 remaster), by David Thomas Broughton

The Complete Guide to Insufficiency (2019 remaster)

by David Thomas Broughton

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George F so good to finally have this masterpiece on vinyl Favorite track: Unmarked Grave.

Callum One of my favourite albums ever, masterpiece. Favorite track: Ever Rotating Sky.

green sleeves It's so incredibly haunting and touching that i'm lost for words on how to describe how I feel when I listen to this album Favorite track: Unmarked Grave.

troyfuze Possibly my favorite album of all time. The ways in which Broughton builds his compositions into pure madness and bliss is so entrancing Favorite track: Unmarked Grave.

Oliver Blandcore best debut album that has ever been released. love, life, death. The stripped down emotional release has never been matched. 15 years later it still makes sense

worpole this is such a great way to celebrate 15 years, the new takes on familiar tracks give them completely different feels and are stunning. Also the albums is fantastic to begin with so...👍

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1.	Ambiguity 06:34	buy track
2.	Execution 08:14	buy track
3.	Walking Over You 06:00	buy track
4.	Unmarked Grave 08:44	buy track
5.	Ever Rotating Sky 08:50	buy track
6.	Alison Cotton - Unmarked Grave 04:55	buy track
7.	Todd Goldstein - Ambiguity 05:02	buy track
8.	Thor & Friends - Ever Rotating Sky 03:42	buy track
9.	James Yorkston - Execution 02:55	buy track
10.	Alabaster de Plume - Unmarked Grave 03:57	buy track
11.	Rozi Plain - Ambiguity 03:20	buy track
12.	Matthew Bourne & Keeley Forsyth - Unmarked Grave 03:29	buy track
13.	Sealionwoman - Ever Rotating Sky 06:18	buy track
14.	Adrian Crowley - Unmarked Grave 05:35	buy track
15.	Marcus Hamblett - Execution 04:58	buy track

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David's debut masterpiece has been remastered and will finally be available on vinyl. Many thanks to David, and to Luke and Drew from Birdwar Records who released the original, for letting us be involved in this.

Note on the original album release:

“We began Birdwar Records in order to release this album. What seemed like a slightly reticent David agreed to work with us, and we enlisted the help of Ross and Simon from Ghost Town Studios to record it. We selected an old church hall near to where we lived in Leeds 6 for the recording rather than a studio setup. We’d first seen David perform in a similar space and so wanted to retain something of that with this session. The setup for recording was kept simple, our only real wish being to try and capture David’s current set at the time, an early far less performative version of what would become his brilliant and unpredictable live shows.

"The decision was made to record it live, no overdubs, minimal post-production. Sitting in on the recording was a beautiful thing to witness, a once in a lifetime moment. There were a few mistakes, moments of fragility and honesty, but these are what the real world is full of. We decided not to record a second take, it was done, a wonderfully imperfect document with just the right amount of insufficiency.

Luke Drozd & Drew Millward, Birdwar Records."

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released December 6, 2019

Recorded in a single take in Wrangthorn Church Hall, Hyde Park, Leeds, by Ross and Simon at Ghosttown Recordings.

Written and performed by David Thomas Broughton.

Mastered by Reuben Taylor

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