Emerging from the fertile Chicago post-rock scene of the late 1990s, Pullman features members of Tortoise, Directions in Music, Rex, Come, and Eleventh Dream Day. A studio-born acoustic supergroup, the band brings together Ken “Bundy K.” Brown, Curtis Harvey, Chris Brokaw, and Doug McCombs, with drummer Tim Barnes rounding out the lineup. Conceived as a space to explore instrumental ideas outside of their other bands, Pullman released two acclaimed and influential albums, Turnstyles & Junkpiles (1998) and Viewfinder (2001). More than twenty years on, Pullman returns with III, a beautiful, intimate and gentle record shaped by long friendship, trust and collaboration. One of the year’s most rewarding listens, it’s been a real joy spending time with it since it landed last month. So we couldn’t be happier to share the superb mixtape Pullman put together for us, offering a window into the sounds and influences that feed into their world. Press play and enjoy.
- Bill Orcutt – The Sun & Its Horizon
[Palilalia Records] - Daniel Bachman – Feel the ground beneath your feet (some sticks and leaves, but mostly earth…)
- Andrea Belfi & Jules Reidy – alto
[Marionette] - Angine de Poitrine – Sherpa
[Les Cassettes Magiques] - Grouper – A Lie
[Yellow Electric / Kranky] - Collections of Colonies of Bees – fa.ce (a – 04 Untitled
[Crouton] - BCMC – Ripple in High Tide
[Drag City] - The Dwarfs Of East Agouza – Neptune Anteater
[Constellation] - Jessica 93 – Poison
[Teenage Menopause Records / Music Fear Satan] - Tom Verlaine – Fragile
[Warner Bros. / BGO Records] - Califone – Burn the Sheets Bleach the Books
[Jealous Butcher] - Duffy X Uhlmann – In the Spirit of Fair Play
[Orindal Records] - Roy Orbison – Leah
[London Records / Monument] - X – The Unheard Music
[Fat Possum Records] - Captain Beefheart – A Carrot Is As Close A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond
[Virgin] - Marisa Anderson & William Tyler – News About Heaven
[Thrill Jockey] - Gregory Uhlmann, Josh Johnson, Sam Wilkes – Frica
[International Anthem] - Mallard – Yellow
- Kieran Hebden & William Tyler – Secret City
[Temporary Residence]
