Broken Bones

VINYL FORMAT. Comes on a limited edition of 1000 LPs in house bags, with 700 copies on black and 300 on green vinyl. Gowns are a band as haunting as they are haunted. Searching for salvation amongst the clutter of our everyday existence they tell us stories of never-ending summers, broken lives and shining revelation, all soaked in the dirty realism of a wilderness America. Revolving around the partnership of Erika Anderson - previously the guitar wrangler in Amps For Christ - and Ezra Buchla - ex-horror show vocalist and programmer for The Mae Shi - Gowns cast an apocalyptic net over a broad church of influences, hauling in their fractured folk songs with cracked electronics, lending their confessional lyrics the directness of a spooked grunge approach, whilst embracing their smart oscillating pop with troubled atmospherics.

'The Gowns' Latitudes session was recorded during our first experience of a winter in England. We had just come off a full tour of the US and Italy. With the addition of a bassist to form a real rhythm "section," we found our fuzzy little folk songs had blown up into something huge. During those two weeks in the UK the set reached a new level of brutality. Being asked to do a Latitudes session was a surprise and an honor, and we decided to use the opportunity to document what we were doing live. This session was recorded all in one long day. Listening to this recording evokes a time when we were barely holding on by our fingernails. Ezra had broken bones in his foot, which the cold and rain didn't help. There were points during that tour where I just kind of lost my mind, and during the recording of "Heaven" there was a moment where I completely forgot where I was, who I was, and what I was doing. Can you hear it?' - EMA 2009