The Builders and the Butchers Dead Reckoning 

• I Broke The Vein
• Rotten To The Core
• It Came From The Sea
• Lullaby
• Moon On The March
• All Away
• Cradle On Fire
• We All Know The Way
• Out Of The Mountain
• Blood For You
• Black Elevator
• Family Tree

The Oregon-by-way-of-Alaska band The Builder and the Butchers mined the well of 1930s American folk music for its third album Dead Reckoning. The music influences -- a mixture of bluegrass, folk and rock -- were not drastically different from those found on the group's self-titled album from and 2009 sophomore release Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well. The main difference on Dead Reckoning was its reflection on the economic and social downturn in the United States beginning in the late '00s. Fun times! The quintet recorded the album mostly live with relatively few overdubs. Adam Selzer (The Decemberists) returned to produce the record with engineer Dylan Magierek behind the boards.

Abstract by Dan Nishimoto