The Broken West

The Broken Western hailed from LA, which certainly is practical when you pay attention to the band’s mix of pop, high-spirited rock & roll, and accents of folk and country, whose overall blend recalled among the better L.A. music of the first ’70s, as though Emitt Rhodes experienced teamed up using the Byrds. Offering Texas indigenous Ross Flournoy on vocals and acoustic guitar, Connecticut-born Dan business lead on acoustic guitar and support vocals, California sons Brian Whelan on bass and Scott Claasen on keyboards, and previous Floridian Rob McCorkindale on drums, the Broken Western came collectively in middle-2004 in the Echo Recreation area and Silverlake neighborhoods of LA. Implementing the name the Brokedown, the music group began creating a potent status though well-received regional shows, and received the interest of critics using its debut EP, The Dutchman’s Platinum, released in-may 2005. The nice press they gained from the disk and following touring attracted the interest of reputed indie label Merge Information, which agreed upon the Brokedown to an archive offer. The group’s debut record, I Can’t Continue, I’ll CONTINUE, was documented in equipment during the period of a calendar year, where the Brokedown discovered that a music group in Chicago had been using the name (and acquired an attorney who provided them with a cease-and-desist purchase). They responded by changing their name towards the Broken Western world, and Merge released the record under their brand-new moniker in early 2007. Another Merge release, Today or Heaven, made an appearance a calendar year afterwards in 2008. The Broken Western world didn’t stay jointly long enough release a a third record, nevertheless, although Whelan and Flournoy continuing working together following the band’s break up in ’09 2009. Having a likewise pop-influenced sound, both released Apex Manor and released the band’s initial album, THE ENTIRE YEAR of Magical Consuming, in January 2011.