Until the Earth Begins to Part is the debut studio album by Scottish indie folk

Indie folk

Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s from singer/songwriters in the indie rock community showing heavy influences from folk music scenes of the 50s, 60s and early 70s, country music, and indie rock. A few early artists included Lou Barlow, Beck, Jeff Buckley and Elliott Smith...

 band Broken Records

Broken Records (band)

Broken Records are a six-piece indie folk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, which formed in December 2006. The band are signed to 4AD and released their debut album, Until the Earth Begins to Part, in June 2009...

, released on June 1, 2009, by 4AD

4AD

4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...

. Prior to the album's release, the band released three singles: "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It" in April 2008, "Slow Parade" in August 2008, and "Lies" in November 2008. The first proper single from the debut album was the title track, released on May 11, 2009.

An accompanying three-track EP CD, recorded live at Avalanche Records in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, was given away for free to those who purchased the album at Avalanche Records stores.

Track listing

1. "Nearly Home" – 5:31
2. "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It" – 4:21
3. "Until the Earth Begins to Part" – 3:31
4. "A Promise" – 5:01
5. "Thoughts on a Picture (In a Paper, January 2009)" – 4:07
6. "If Eilert Loveborg
   Hedda Gabler
   Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...
   
    Wrote a Song, It Would Sound Like This" – 3:47
7. "Wolves" – 3:46
8. "Ghosts" – 3:58
9. "A Good Reason" – 4:08
10. "Slow Parade" – 4:29

iTunes

ITunes

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 bonus track

11. "Guilty Conscience/Restless Mind" – 3:47

Live at Avalanche Records EP

• Recorded live on Record Store Day
  Record Store Day
  Record Store Day is an internationally celebrated day observed the third Saturday of April each year. Its purpose, as conceived by independent record store employee Chris Brown, is to celebrate the art of music...
  
   2009

1. "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It" (Live)
2. "Until the Earth Begins to Part" (Live)
3. "Slow Parade" (Live)

Singles

• "Until the Earth Begins to Part" (7" vinyl and download, May 11, 2009)
  1. "Until the Earth Begins to Part" – 3:32
  2. "And They All Fell Into the Sea" – 3:31
• "A Good Reason" (download, September 2009)
  1. "A Good Reason" – 4:08

Band

• Jamie Sutherland - vocals
• Rory Sutherland - violin, guitar, accordion
• Ian Turnbull - guitar, piano, accordion
• Arne Kolb - cello
• Dave Smith - piano, trumpet
• Andrew Keeny - drums
• David Fothergill - bass

Additional musicians

• E. Harvard - tenor horn ("Nearly Home", "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It", "A Good Reason" and "Slow Parade")
• J. Pippen - trombone ("Nearly Home", "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It", "A Good Reason" and "Slow Parade")
• C. Sefton - tuba ("Nearly Home", "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It", "A Good Reason" and "Slow Parade")
• D. Guy - double bass ("Nearly Home" "Wolves" and "Slow Parade")
• J. Bayley - viola ("Nearly Home" "Wolves" and "Slow Parade")

Recording personnel

• Ian Caple - producer, mixing
• Broken Records
  Broken Records (band)
  Broken Records are a six-piece indie folk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, which formed in December 2006. The band are signed to 4AD and released their debut album, Until the Earth Begins to Part, in June 2009...
  
  - producer
• Tom Manning - assistant producer
• Jean-Pierre Chalbos - mastering

External links

• Track-by-track interview with Jamie Sutherland