Latest Releases:
Chris Broach “Big Bright Lights” b/w “Rock Has a Shelf Life” digital single
Released on Heading East Records, Listen at Apple Music, Spotify, or wherever you stream digitally. Out October 17, 2024.
Pre-order from Steadfast Records at Bandcamp, Listen at Apple Music, Spotify, or wherever you stream digitally. Out August 9, 2024.
Order the latest split 7” - Chris Broach “Blood Thicker Than Honey” b/w The 1984 Draft “Holiday Inn”
Lathe-cut, extremely limited pressing. Split 7” with The 1984 Draft. Release Date: May 10, 2024 on Poptek Records / Sweet Cheetah Records
Download or order the 7” from Bandcamp - or stream from Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon or Youtube.
Chris Broach “Rock Has a Shelf Life” out Friday, March 22, 2024 from New Granada Records / Sweet Cheetah Records
Pre-save, purchase, or stream at the links here: https://orcd.co/brjrxme
or purchase, stream from any of these places and more: Bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music | Tidal | Amazon | YouTube
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Upcoming Tour Dates:
Chris Broach will be performing with Braid at Best Friends Forever Fest 2024 in Las Vegas, NV.
Braid at Best Friends Forever Festival October 11th - 13th 2024 in Las Vegas, NV!
Tickets and info here: https://www.bestfriendsforeverfest.com/
Current Features/Info/Press
August 30, 2024: Nice little mention in Chicago Reader’s “Chicago Record Report: August 2024” of the Chris Broach / Palm Ghosts split single.
August 26, 2024: The New Scene Podcast, Episode 242
Listen: Spotify, Apple, iHeart Radio, or anywhere you listen to podcasts
“Keith sits down with Chris Broach to discuss Chris's history with music, early influences, discovering punk via Minor Threat and skateboarding and the burgeoning emo scene in Chicago in the early to mid 90's. We also discuss how Chris joined Braid during the band's early days, their creative process, their landmark 1998 LP "Frame and Canvas" and the band's initial breakup shortly after its release, the reunions, Chris's solo music his new single "Shoulder Your Own" and more.”
8/7/2024: Split Stream | Chris Broach, “Shoulder Your Own.” and Palm Ghosts, “Fellow Immortalists”
“In recent years, Broach has released music with more electro-tinged bands like SNST and The Firebird Band, but with these singles, we see his sights moving back to guitar. In truth, these songs highlight what made Chris Broach’s contributions to Braid so complementary and crucial”
May 11, 2024. The Silver Lining, by Paul Silver - Review: “Blood Thicker Than Honey,”… indie pop with a grunge guitar tone, with distorted guitar and bass that, nevertheless, sparkle and shine. Vocals are shouted and sung with equal measures of joy and alarm. It’s a compelling song that leaves me wanting more.”
Past Features/Info/Press
5/13/2024: Chris Broach Releases Split With The 1984 Draft: “I’m focusing on writing from the guitar – working on each song until it’s finished, delivering it, completely finished, to a label, and then starting the next one.”
5/9/2024: Song Premiere “Blood Thicker Than Honey” at The Alternative here: https://www.getalternative.com/song-premiere-chris-broach-blood-thicker-than-honey/
“tuneful, instantly hummable song from him, but it’s got more bite than his work in The Firebird Band or SNST”
3/19/2024: preview the new single “Rock Has a Shelf Life” at Brooklyn Vegan here: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/braids-chris-broach-launches-new-singles-series-with-rock-has-a-shelf-life-listen/
“…more of a post-punk edge… It’s a ripper”
Braid in Tokyo, Japan - 2024
4 shows in Tokyo to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Frame & Canvas.
3/26 (Tue) Jam Nishieifuku
3/27 (Wed) Flowers Loft Shimokitazawa
3/29 (Fri) Nine Spices Shinjuku
3/30 (Sat) ACB Hall Shinjuku
Tickets and info at thelostboys.shoreandwoods.com
Braid Plays Riot Fest in Chicago Friday Night at 5:45 pm September 15th, at The Rebel Stage - Get Tickets here
Friday Night Headlining: Foo Fighters
Friday Night Bands Playing: Turnstile, Tegan and Sara, Say Anything, The Breeders (performing Last Splash), Kim Gordon, The Interrupters, Bayside, Ani DiFranco, Silverstein, Parliament Funkadelic ft. George Clinton, Code Orange, Fake Names, Quicksand (performing Slip), The Wrecks, Hawthorne Heights, Braid (performing Frame & Canvas), Yard Act, Screaming Females, Sludgeworth, Quasi, Origami Angel, Oso Oso, Just Friends, Bearings, Pinkshift, Olivia Jean, Calva Louise, The Aquadolls, FEA, The Bobby Lees, Young Culture
Riot Fest Late Night presents - Chicago, IL.. Get tickets here
Saturday, September 16
Riot Fest Late Night presents..
Thursday (War All The Time album play) & Braid
$35 Adv. / $40 Day of / 18 & Over / Doors: 10pm / Show: 11pm
Braid plays Furnace Fest - Birmingham, AL. Friday September 22nd, at the Monster Energy Stage at 9 pm. Get Tickets Here
Sharing the stage and the festival with a ton of other great bands!
Pitchfork - Braid Announce Frame & Canvas 25th Anniversary Reissue and U.S. Tour
llinois emo favorites Braid have announced a 25th anniversary reissue of their acclaimed 1998 album, Frame & Canvas. Remixed and remastered from producer J. Robbins’ original tapes, it’s out April 7 via Polyvinyl.
Braid - “Killing a Camera” new music video
Braid released a new music video with previously unseen footage from 1999’s ‘final’ shows. Filmed by BiFocal Media.
SPIN - Braid Celebrates 25 Years Of Frame & Canvas With New Reissue
“If ’90s Midwestern emo is the gift that keeps on giving, Braid‘s Frame & Canvas is one of the most beloved presents under the proverbial Christmas tree… a completely new mix and remaster from the source tapes by its original producer, along with previously unseen photos and expanded liner notes.”
Apr 17, 2022: “The Book of Very Bad Things” podcast - a candid interview with Chris Broach - dealing with his battle with Cancer and other things.
