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What I Mean To Say Is Goodbye

by Tom Brosseau

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1.
West Of Town 03:19
2.
Jane And Lou 03:23
3.
Wandering (feat. Angela Correa) 03:28
4.
Grafton 03:20
5.
Unfamiliar Places 04:06
6.
St. Joe St. (feat. Jon Brion) 03:14
7.
In My Time Of Dyin' (feat. Angela Correa) 02:43
8.
My Little Babe 03:24
9.
Quiet Drink 03:11

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Tom Brosseau, a North Dakota native, sings songs of lost love and poetic observation that shimmer like aural tintypes. His song writing comes from such diverse influences as Nick Drake, Cole Porter, and Woody Guthrie. The ingredient in this mix that will flat out give you chills is Brosseau’s voice, which sounds eerily like a high-lonesome reincarnation of Jeff Buckley.

"What I mean to say is Goodbye," is a record that touches on, in Brosseau’s words, “abandoned buildings, new love, the prairieland, being haunted, roaming around, and being thrilled and killed.” The record has that quality of an intimate conversation at the next table that you just can’t pull your ear away from. Brosseau’s voice is center stage, supported by his delicate guitar playing and a cast of players that drop in and out of the recording providing subtle responses to Brosseau’s lyrics. He can be hauntingly moody and atmospheric, and avoids easy garden-variety verse-chorus-bridge song structures in his writing. Brosseau is on to something new by way of something old–deep, heart- breaking, and entirely worth hearing.

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released June 7, 2005

Angela Correa: duet on "Wandering" and "In My Time Of Dyin'"
Benmont Tench: piano and harmonium
Ian Walker: upright bass
Sara Watkins: violin
Gabe Witcher: violin
Daphne Chen: violin
Jon Brion: electric guitar
Pete Thomas: drums
Sam Jones: organ, Wurlitzer, celeste

Design and layout by Peter Buchanan-Smith.

Produced, recorded and mixed by Sam Jones in Topanga Canyon, California, 2004 - 2005. Mastered by Ron McMaster at Capitol Records, Hollywood, California.

All songs written by Tom Brosseau, Unabridged Music (ASCAP) © Tom Brosseau, 2020. Track 7 is a traditional folk song.

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Tom Brosseau Grand Forks, North Dakota

Tom Brosseau is a folksinger and songwriter from North Dakota. He comes from a working family with a musical background. His grandmother Lillian Uglem taught him the acoustic guitar while he was in grade school. He has exchanged songs and poetry with many talented folks, including Susan Orlean, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Patrick Marber, Bonnie Raitt and the late Sam Hinton. ... more

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