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2010 SXSW

Tom Brosseau will be moseying to Austin for this year’s SXSW.  If you’re there, you’ve a couple choices on the where & when to see him.  Simply click on SHOWS to the left of this posting.  Spinner.com have made it their ambition to interview all the acts performing at the 2010 festival.  If you’re interested, you might want to see the one they’ve newly posted on Tommy B. USA Ray-Bans, Ricky Springfield, 20 ounce black coffee … this guy!

buy the record.


Buy the record Posthumous Success. Simply click HERE. You have a choice of LP or CD. Awesome, and in case you’ve missed something, here’s a few select quotes on what people are saying. Nothing too dramatic:

Brosseau’s third album, which expands nicely on his previous bare bones outings, pairing his young, yearning voice with female counterparts, spiky fuzz effects, subtle but substantive arrangements and a thoroughly thoughtful set of lyrics. Nice one. Dennis Cook.

His style has evolved from the basic one voice, one acoustic guitar set-up (as seen supporting Cat Power on the Renfrew Ferry a few Triptychs ago) into a more layered noise, and a very warm, gentle, playful one it is too. Claire Sawers.

While it is a departure – drums, distorted guitars, backing vocals – the crooner’s narrative songwriting essence is still at the core of each track. Paul Saitowitz, FABRIC

Posthumous Success is a winding odyssey of an album, with music that sounds like it should be accompanying road trips or, as it was for me the first time I listened to it, gloriously long walks on a pleasant evening. Nate Williams, Independent Clauses.

It might look wonky, it might sound wonky and it may be suffering from the kind of anxiety disorders more commonly associated with people handing out copies of ‘Big Issue’ but it has a fun and sprawling symmetry all of its own. Alan Sargeant, CRUD Mag.

Posthumous Success (named for a chapter in an Albert Camus biography), reveals a sonic sophistication not really evident in the bare-bone acoustic arrangements of earlier recordings. What hasn’t changed, though, is the emotional resonance apparent in Brosseau’s image-soaked language. His songs are self-aware and honest. Ryan Allen, Louisville’s LEO.

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