Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) and Cheval Sombre announce their upcoming "western dreampop" album, Dean Wareham Vs. Cheval Sombre, which will be released October 26 via Double Feature Records.
Dean Wareham founded Galaxie 500 and Luna and has made 15 studio albums. One-man-band Cheval Sombre (Chris Porpora) hails from the Hudson River, NY. He has released two prior albums, produced by Sonic Boom with Dean & Britta and Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser of MGMT.
Dean and Chris recorded this album of western-themed songs at Palmetto Recordings in downtown Los Angeles with producer Jason Quever (Papercuts, Beach House), backed by a band including Britta Phillips (Luna, Dean & Britta), Anthony LaMarca (the War on Drugs) and Will Halsey (Sugarcandy Mountain).
Pre-order Dean Wareham Vs. Cheval Sombre at deanwareham.com
Tracklisting for Dean Wareham Vs. Cheval Sombre
The Bend in the River (Robbins)
Tomorrow is a Long Time (Dylan)
Mountains of the Moon (Holland)
If I Could Only Fly (Foley)
Wayfaring Stranger (traditional)
Alberta (traditional)
Wand'rin' Star (Lerner/Loewe)
Greensboro Woman (Van Zandt)
My Rifle, My Pony and Me (Tiomkin/Webster)
Grand Canyon (Merritt)
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