Curse Your Branches
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| Curse Your Branches | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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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".
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Alternative Press | [4] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[5] |
| Christgau’s Consumer Guide | A–[6] |
| Drowned In Sound | 8/10[7] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [8] |
| Paste | 8.9/10[9] |
| PopMatters | 8/10[10] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [11] |
| Under the Radar | 8/10[12] |
On review aggregator Metacritic the album holds a score of 82/100, based on 19 critic's reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[2]
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #116 on the Billboard 200 the week of its release.[13]
