AXES

1920 WILLIAM O. Schmick Lyric Guitar Banjo

1925 Bacon & Day Silver Bell
No. 1 Tenor Banjo

1989 Fender HMT Thinline Telecaster Electric Guitar

1998 Jerry Jones Neptune
Twelve-String Electric Guitar

1991 Tascam Porta 03 four-Track tape Cassette Recorder

1. Object of Unknown Function

guitar banjo → tapes → guitar banjo → tapes →
guitar banjo → tapes with 6 bowed tenor banjos →
guitar banjo → tapes → 6 bowed tenor banjos → tapes → guitar banjo → 1 bowed tenor banjo solo →
tapes → 1 bowed tenor banjo → tapes →
6 bowed tenor banjos → guitar banjo →
6 bowed tenor banjos → guitar banjo → tapes →
1 bowed tenor banjo → tapes → 6 bowed tenor banjos → tapes

2. Melodic Incidents for an
Irrational World
4 neptune twelve-strings +
7 bowed tenor banjos +
2 plectrum tenor banjos

3. Unbalanced Love Portfolio
1 g uitar banj o

4. Perverted By Perseverance
1 telecaster…………………………………………………………tapes

5. The Historical Importance
of Eccentricity
1 neptune twelve-string →
4 neptune twelve-strings →
6 telecasters →
4 guitar banjos →
4 neptune twelve-strings →
4 guitar banjos →
4 neptune twelve-strings →
1 guitar banjo

6. Phenomenal Doggerel

1 gu
ita
r ba
njo

7. Gondola Freak
1 neptune twelve-string →
2 neptune twelve-strings + 3 telecasters →
2 neptune twelve-strings →
2 neptune twelve-strings + 3 telecasters →
2 neptune twelve-strings →
2 neptune twelve-strings + 3 telecasters →
1 neptune twelve-string

8. Gawk Fodder
1 neptune twelve-string

9. Some Recanted Evening
1 neptune twelve-string

10. The Snow Falling, Failing
4 bowed tenor banjos
+
1 plectrum tenor banjo

Brandon Seabrook – Guitars & Banjos & Tapes (duh)

Produced by David Breskin

Recorded and mixed by Ben Greenberg at Circular Ruin Studio, Brooklyn
November 2023

Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk, Peekskill, NY

Design and layout by Spottswood Erving and July Creek for Janky Defense

Photography by Luke Marantz

All music by Brandon Seabrook
Throng of Tremolo Music, BMI

This recording was made possible with a grant from The Shifting Foundation.

Thanks to Kris Davis, Isabel Breskin, Chelsea Hadley, David Leon, Brooklyn Lutherie, Sheptone, Jerry Jones, EVH, Jam Pedals, and Audeze Headphones.

Special thanks to David Breskin for his guidance and dedication to this project.
And the most special thanks to Anais Blondet Medina for her unwavering true love and support.

This album is dedicated to the memory of William Seabrook and Dominic Silvi
Your love of life will always be an inspiration