DETAILS
TRACKS
Side A
- Golden and Green
- Devil Town
- Short Way Home
- Barcelona
- Hands Like Roots
- Down in this Hole
Side B
- Raise Up Your Weary Hands
- Vampire Lake
- The Wind Has Come
- In the Branches
- The World is a Top
RELEASE DATE
08/19/201
“The band is devoted to the creation/destruction dichotomy, along with an American roots music aesthetic and punk attitude.” - Prefix, 2009
After their initial self titled record, recorded live and performed mainly on the street, The Builders and the Butchers entered the studio with acclaimed and beloved Portland musician and producer Chris Funk to record the bands next collection of songs. An album to be titled Salvation is a Deep Dark Well.
The spirit of the Builders has always been, and always will be, inclusion and collaboration. From the early shows on the street, to passing out instruments in clubs, the early days were always about how many people would be “in the band” on any given night. The Builders took this spirit of inclusion into the studio where they invited some of their favorite musicians and best friends to perform on Salvation is a Deep Dark Well.
Over 50 different musicians perform on the album, including the Portland Flash Choir, a gospel choir, Portland Cello Project, string quartets, as well as horn sections. This is on top of the band members who played over 30 different instruments themselves.
These performances were masterfully orchestrated by Chris Funk and then mixed with care by the esteemed Tucker Martine. Resulting in an album that is not only lush and full, but also immediate, vital and dark.
With every song having its own unique set up and process, it’s a miracle that Salvation was completed in only 5 days.
EXPLORE

Old Unconscious
The Circular Ruins

Fruit Bats
Tripper (Deluxe Reissue)

Eyelids
No Jigsaw

Eyelids
A Colossal Waste Of Light

Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Last Stars First Light

Califone
villagers

Jenny Conlee
Tides: Pieces For Accordion And Piano

The Hackles
What a beautiful thing I have made

No. 2
First Love

José Medeles
Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems

Eyelids
Everything That I See You See Better

The Delines
The Sea Drift

M. Ward
End of Amnesia

Motrik
MØØN: The Cosmic Electrics of MØTRIK

Infinite X's
Infinite X's

Longstocking
Once Upon A Time Called Now

Dave Depper
Europa

Motrik
Artificial Head

Slanted Floors
Pink Heaven

No. 2
You Might Be Right

John Cameron Mitchell & Eyelids
Turning Time Around EP

Eyelids
Jay Gonzalez Sings Eyelids Sings Jay Gonzalez Sings Eyelids

Team Dresch
Choices, Chances, Changes: Singles & Comptracks 1994-2000

1939 Ensemble
New Cinema

Motrik
Safety Copy

The Builders And The Butchers
Dead Reckoning

The Geraldine Fibbers
Lost Somewhere Between The Earth and My Home

Hallelujah The Hills
Movement Scorekeepers EP

Kind of Like Spitting
You Secretly Want Me Dead - RSD 2016

Sin Ropas
Mirror Bride

Slow Moses
Charity Binge

Red Red Meat
Red Red Meat

Red Red Meat
Jimmywine Majestic

Red Red Meat
Bunny Gets Paid

Hook & Anchor
Hook & Anchor

Eyelids
854

Red Red Meat
There's A Star Above The Manger Tonight

Fruit Bats
Mouthfuls

Pellet Gun
Great Divide

Portland Cello Project
Homage

Laura Gibson
La Grande

Laura Gibson
La Grande (single)

Dr. Frank
Andromeda Klein

Johanna Samuels
Bystander

Jon Brion
Meaningless

Blue Cranes
My Only Secret

Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Save It For Later

Mikaela Davis & Circles Around The Sun
After Sunrise
