Br'er was formed by Benjamin Schurr and Christian Mirande in October of 2006. Formed Originally as a means to complete several unfinished songs Benjamin recorded for his old band CAW! Br'er quickly became its own entity after several manic recording sessions with borrowed equipment, broken keyboards and other pieces of musical trash lying around. "Of Shemales and Kissaboos" the first Br'er Album was recorded in a period right after Benjamin got off of being on medicine and was homeless resulting in guerilla records of having to find a place to stay, haul a bunch of equipment, record for a few days and leave. Br'er became a functional band with the addition of harpist/multi-instrumentalist Darian Scatton in July of 2007, which resulted in a three-piece line up of Benjamin, Christian and Darian for the first 2 months of live shows. Br'er has had several line up changes but is now Benjamin Schurr, Darian Scatton, Roger Martinez and Gabby Smith. A New Ep is finished, Several singles are in the works as well as multiple tours and compilation tracks.
::: New Release :::
I'm a Kid Again / I'm Sorry Mom Single
Edible Onion is proud to announce its first vinyl release, a 7" single from Br'er, featuring alternate recordings of "I'm a Kid Again" and "I'm Sorry Mom." The two tracks orginally appeared on Br'er's debut full length "Of Shemales and Kissaboos," and have long been audience favorites in Br'er's live sets.
The version of "I'm a Kid Again" featured on the 7" was orignally recorded by Audio Confusion in Mesa, Arizona, during Br'er's first US tour. "I'm Sorry Mom" was recorded mostly live by Dan Angel in Philadelphia on his digital sixteen track. The songs as they appear here capture the raw, chathartic sound that characterized the group's early live performances, and differ dramatically from their melancholy readings on "Of Shemales and Kissaboos."
As with every Edible Onion release, each "I'm a Kid Again/I'm Sorry Mom" 7" is packaged in handmade art. For this release, each record jacket has a hand painted outer jacket, with vellum windows cut out to reveal a hand painted inner jacket. The painting was done with a mixture of acrylic and watercolor paint on oak tag (outside) and American Masters printmaking paper (inside). All of the text is handwritten.
Purchase
Available at Repo, A.K.A. Music, Long in the Tooth, The Marvelous & The Philadelphia Record Exchange in Philadelphia;
APOP in St. Louis;
Reckless Records in Chicago (Milwaukee Ave);
Treehouse Records in Minneapolis;
Eclipse Records in St. Paul;
Rainy Day Records & Phantom City Records in Olympia;
2nd Avenue Records, Jackpot Records (203 SW 2nd Ave), Music Millennium, & Sonic Recollections in Portland OR;
Stinkweeds in Phoenix;
Lunchbox Records in Charlotte.
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Fall US Tour 2009!!!
09 23 - Philadelphia @ Danger Danger Gallery)
09 24 - Brooklyn @ Death by Audio)
09 25 - Troy, NY @ Ground Zero)
10 02 - Detroit @ 515 S. Washington
10 03 - Athens @ TBA
10 04 - Bloomington @ Rockit Pizza
10 05 - St. Louis @ LEMP
10 06 - Lawrence @ Replay Lounge
10 07 - Lincoln @ Duffy's Tavern
10 08 - Iowa @ Public Space 1
10 09 - Chicago @ TBA
10 10 - Carbondale @ The Swamp
10 11 - Madison @ Project Lodge
10 12 - Ames @ Ames Progressive
10 13 - Minneapolis @ Bedlam Theatre
10 14 - Fargot @ TBA
10 15 - Minot @ Pangea House
10 17 - Missoula @ TBA
10 18 - Seattle @ The Black Lodge
10 19 - Olympia @ Finger Complex
10 22 - Monterey @ Lounge Underground
10 23 - Sacramento @ 2423 V Street
10 24 - San Francisco @ TBA
10 25 - Oakland @ TBA
10 26 - Los angeles @ Tribal cafe
10 27 - Irvine @ Acrobatics Everyday
10 28 - Encenitas @ Andrews Gallery
10 29 - Prescott @ Calavera Board Supply
10 30 - Tucson @ TBA
10 31 - Albequerque @ Abq House
11 01 - Santa Fe @ Meow Wolf
11 02 - Denver @ TBA
11 03 - Tulsa @ TBA
11 04 - Denton @ TBA
11 05 - Abilene @ TBA
11 06 - Austin @ TBA
11 07 - Fayetteville @ TBA
11 08 - Shreveport @ TBA
11 10 - Birmingham @ Magic City Wholesale (With Little Teeth)
11 11 - Charleston @ TBA
11 12 - Atlanta @ TBA
11 13 - Winston-Salem @ TBA
11 14 - Charolette @ Yauhaus
11 15 - Asheville @ Pearson II
11 16 - Nashville @ Little Hamilton Collective
11 17 - Willington NC @ TBA
11 18 - Richmond @ TBA
11 19 - College Park @ Miracle on 34th
11 20 - Baltimore @ TBA
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