Pitchfork

He may write longer folk songs than any other songwriter in the genre that isn't Joanna Newsom, but that hasn't stopped David Thomas Broughton from writing a lot of them. Broughton's prolific songwriting will result in the releases of two new full-lengths and a split 10" in early 2007.

The first full-length is titled 5 Curses and is scheduled for a February release on Golden Lab Records in the UK, with Baked Goods distributing the record internationally. Contrary to its title, 5 Curses has six songs that together clock in at just over an hour.

The second LP is It's in There Somewhere, which Birdwar will release in March. Somewhere seems to be more of a traditional record for Broughton, with 13 songs in under 55 minutes. Birdwar will follow its release with a 10" split between Broughton and another UK songwriter, Benjamin Wetherill. The 10" will have four tracks, with each artist contributing one original and both of them covering one of each other's songs. Broughton plays his own "Sometimes" and Wetherill's "April 8th"; Wetherill plays his "We Made Plans to Strangle Your Lover" and Broughton's "One Day".

Broughton has one show scheduled for February 1 at the Luminaire in London.

5 Curses tracklist:

01 No One Ever
02 Ain't Got No (Live) Sole
03 That I Have to Turn Out
04 It Breaks
05 So Much Sin to Forgive (Extended Hand Claps)
06 Weather

It's in There Somewhere tracklist:

01 Circle Is Never Complete
02 Negativity
03 Gracefully Silent
04 Interlude 1
05 I Don't Want to Believe You
06 The Heart You Don't Look Out For
07 Ain't Got No Sole
08 Why Are You Not Here?
09 Nature
10 One Day
11 Interlude 2
12 So Much Sin to Forgive
13 Look What I Have Done