New Brookhaven LP 'When the Chorus Walks' Coming August 17, 2010!

Oakland-based ambient rock group Brookhaven return to the stage to support the release of their sophomore LP ‘When the Chorus Walks’, with a new lineup featuring Sonny James on electric guitar, Matt Holt(ex-Continental) on electric guitar, Michael Jacobs (Porch) on drum kit and Matthew Sieling on bass / keys. After 3 years of writing and recording, the proper follow-up to their critically-celebrated 2005 debut ‘Transitive Verses’ LP has been announced for an August 2010 release date. Quieter and less concerned with profuse cut-and-paste experiments than it’s predecessor, ‘When the Chorus Walks’ is no less striking of a set of avant-garde instrumental pieces, at times recalling the stark economy of the groups early EP & singles for Expel Records. Recorded by Sonny James and Brian Fraser between 2007-2009, this time the group evokes its particular vision in the context of the live band, over the course of seven entrancing new guitar-based compositions. Featuring an impressive cast of supporting players, including Mike Eul (ex-Continental, synth),Fionnuala Ni Chiosoig (violin), Nik Dawson (programming, drones) and Clay Payton (drum and synth programming), among others, the record doesn’t stray too far from the ambient-electro roots of ‘Transitive Verses’, whose collage-style arrangements and weird instrumental-pop collective mentality still informs much of the new material.