Thin Cities

Thin Cities casually recorded their 11 track, self-titled Common Cloud debut throughout the last two years in the river valley of Illinois. The result is a delicate record, focused on details and featuring a strong list of guest musicians. From the very first track, a poem written and recorded by Chicago rock poet laureate, Thax Douglas, you begin to be prepared for an album full of nervous energy, melodramatic plotlines and songs written to achieve symmetry. Braille has also enlisted the company of a brilliant string orchestra, Heather Hladish's nuturing vocals, the production skills of Jeffro Lackcheide, and the visionary artwork of Eric Mortensen to bring the ideas and themes of this record to life.