| Curse Your Branches | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | David Bazan |
| Cover: | David Bazan - Curse Your Branches.jpg |
| Released: | September 1, 2009 |
| Recorded: | 2008–2009, Bazan's home studio, Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Genre: | Indie rock, Folk rock |
| Length: | 36:42 |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | Barsuk (bark83) |
| Producer: | David Bazan |
| Prev Title: | Fewer Moving Parts |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | Live at Electrical Audio |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
Curse Your Branches is the first full-length album by David Bazan, the front-man of the indie rock band Pedro the Lion. It was released on September 1, 2009, on Barsuk Records.
The album was recorded from early 2008 to mid-2009 by David Bazan in his basement studio near Seattle, Washington. Additional recording, mixing, and mastering was done by long-time collaborator and former Pedro the Lion member T. W. Walsh at his studio in Massachusetts.[1]
The same day as this album was released, Bazan also put out a single covering Bob Dylan's "The Man in Me" backed with Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".
On review aggregator Metacritic the album holds a score of 82/100, based on 19 critic's reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #116 on the Billboard 200 the week of its release.[2]
All songs written by David Bazan, except where otherwise noted