Soft Abuse

Another trip around the block with Christopher Alan Durham, a Detroit songwriter that manages to collapse the sensibilities of Jim McCarthy (Godz), Jim Shepard and Peter & Graeme Jefferies into his own particular songforms & Midwest worldview. Bread & Wine is the second album to appear under his good Christian name, but C.A.D. is no newcomer. His hand has been in some exceptional underground ensembles from the past decade, like The Bibs, Quilt Boy, and Roach Clip (and solo as Church Shuttle, among others), and his label All Gone has exposed the attentive world to the genius racket of he and his cohorts. Revel in his communion.

Released June 26, 2020

All music recorded by Christopher Alan Durham at Monopoly House in Southgate, Michigan, except tracks 3 and 6, recorded in a living room in Southwest Detroit in 2013

CAD: guitar, 12 string acoustic, bass, drums, harmonium, acetone organ, recorder, piano, bells, vocals

Cover painting, "St. Pius," by Chris Durham
Layout by Chris Berry
Mastered by Sean McCann