Description

Perfect Abandon is the new album by Tom Brosseau. It was produced, engineered and recorded in Bristol, England by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Sparklehorse, Peggy Sue) and Ali Chant, features a 2-piece drum kit, double bass and Stratocaster guitar. Themes of the songwriting include man struggles to understand divinity, betrayal of a kinsman, discovery, individualism, love.

Tom Brosseau on his background and the recording of a Perfect Abandon:
I have always liked the live sound. Theres an unbound energy present, and when recording in this mode theres a feeling it is all happening without a net.

This was the mentality producer John Parish had going into the recording of a Perfect Abandon. Concerning the recording equipment, just a single microphone. Nothing more. We were all of us players together on the stage for two afternoons at the Cube theatre in Bristol. David Butler on drums, Joe Carvell on double bass, me, Ben Reynolds on electric guitar, and Parish sometimes on organ. The challenge was to figure out how close each man needed to be in relation to the microphone for a suitable sound, and this had to happen with each song individually.