The Builders and The Butchers | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Portland, Oregon, United States |
Genres | Folk rock, Indie Folk, Alt-country, Folk Punk, Blues, Americana |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | Bladen County Records, Gigantic Music, Badman Recording Co., Song, by Toad Records |
Members | Justin Baier Willy Kunkle Ray Rude Ryan Sollee Harvey Tumbleson |
Past members | Alexander Ellis Brandon Hafer Adrienne Hatkin Paul Seely |
Website | TheBuildersAndTheButchers.com |
The Builders and The Butchers are a folk rock band based in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is fronted by singer/guitar player Ryan Sollee. The other members of the band are Willy Kunkle (bass guitar, vocals, percussion), Justin Baier (drums, backup vocals, percussion), [1] Ray Rude (drums, piano, clarinet, backup vocals, percussion), and Harvey Tumbleson (mandolin, banjo, guitar, vocals, percussion).
The band's debut self-titled album was released in 2007 by Bladen County Records. [2] [3]
To date, the band has 6 full-length albums, 2 live album and 2 EP splits.
The Builders and The Butchers formed on October 31, 2005. [4] [5] They came together because "a lot of bands were all breaking up around the same time, and we were looking to get into something new--so it just worked out." [6]
Each member is originally from Anchorage, Alaska and migrated separately to Portland, Oregon to start a career in music. [7] [8]
Initially they called themselves "The Funeral Band", performing in the streets and outside of music venues. The name eventually changed to The Builders and The Butchers, "for no other reason than it was the only name all five members liked." [8] The first year of acoustic performances were mostly street shows until opening for the experimental band Man Man in 2006. [8] “We very slowly started plugging [our instruments] in.” Sollee says, [8] but the group had to figure out how to utilize its two percussionists on stage. They found that by splitting one drum kit between Seely and Rude, with one handling the kick drum and another playing the snare, they developed what the group calls a “deconstructed” drumming style. [8]
The band's song-writing process involves Sollee writing the lyrics out and presenting it to the other members, who then start playing and putting the music around these lyrics. [6]
In May 2008 the band won the Willamette Week’s “Best New Band of 2008” [9] and Seattle Sound’s “Best Live Performers 2008”.
In late 2010, The Builders and the Butchers signed with Badman Recording Co. and released their third album, Dead Reckoning on February 22, 2011. [10] [11]
The Builders and The Butchers' album artwork is produced by Portland, Oregon artist Lukas Ketner. [12]
Title | Date | Label |
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The Builders and The Butchers | 2007 | Bladen County Records |
Loch Lomond/The Builders and the Butchers Split 12-inch | 2007 | Bladen County Records(USA) / Song, by Toad Records(UK) |
Salvation Is a Deep Dark Well | 2009 | Gigantic Music |
Where the Roots All Grow | 2010 | Self Released |
Dead Reckoning | 2011 | Badman Recording Co. |
Murder By Death/The Builders and The Butchers Split 7-inch | 2011 | Self Released |
Western Medicine | 2013 | Badman Recording Co. |
The Spark | 2017 | Badman Recording Co. |
Live From Doug Fir | 2017 | None (Released by Banana Stand Media) |
Hell & High Water | 2022 | Badman Recording Co. |
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