Chris Broach

American singer

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Chris Broach

Background information
Birth name	Christopher Robert Broach
Born	(1976-09-05) September 5, 1976 (age 47) Madison, Wisconsin, US
Origin	Wheeling, Illinois, US
Genres	Emo, experimental rock, electronic rock, indie rock
Occupation(s)	Musician producer founder of Lucid Records
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum machine
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Cargo/Headhunter City at Night Lucid Records Polyvinyl Records Topshelf Records Rhyme & Reason Records

Website	chrisbroach.com

Musical artist

Christopher Robert Broach (born September 5, 1976 in Madison, Wisconsin) is one of the guitarists/vocalists in the 1990s emo band Braid.^[1] Broach joined Braid in 1994, recording his guitar parts on the band's first 7-inch release a week later.^[2]

Career

While a member of Braid, Broach also played in The Firebird Suite, and continued playing in what became The Firebird Band after Braid split up. He played guitar for Life at Sea on the album Is there a signal coming through?, and fronted the band L'Spaerow which put out one album on his own label, Lucid Records, which he founded in 2002.^[3] Broach, along with Chris Common of These Arms Are Snakes and former Hey Mercedes guitarist Mike Schumaker, were involved in a project entitled The Blakhiv. They released their first EP on Lucid Records in 2006.^[4]

In 2015, Broach raised $15,000 in a Kickstarter campaign to record a new Firebird album. The funds covered recording, mixing, producing, and mastering the record, which was produced by Will Yip.^[5] Broach and Steve Znavor streamed the new record at Billboard Magazine under the name Sunset, but changed the name to SNST just prior to the digital release on April 28, 2017.^[6]^[7]

Discography

Albums

SacHead – Our World (Playing Field Recordings, 1993) Cassette Only
Braid – Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five (Divot Records, 1995) – CD/Double LP
Braid – The Age of Octeen (Mud Records, 1996) – CD/LP
Braid – Frame & Canvas (Polyvinyl, 1998) – CD/LP
Braid – Lucky To Be Alive (Glue Factory Records, 2000) – live CD/Double LP
The Firebird Band – The Setting Sun and Its Satellites – (The Mintaka Conspiracy/Cargo Music/Headhunter, 2000) – CD/LP
L' Spaerow – L'Spaerow CD – (Lucid Records, 2003) – CD
Life at Sea – Is There A Signal Coming Through? – (Lucid Records, 2003) – CD
The Firebird Band – The City at Night – (Bifocal Media/Lucid Records, 2004) CD
Braid – No Coast, (Topshelf Records, 2014) – CD/LP
SNST - "Turn Out the Lights", (City at Night Records / Rhyme & Reason Records, 2017) - LP ^[8]
SNST - "It's Hard To Be Loved By You", (City at Night Records, 2020) - LP

Singles and EPs

Braid – "Rainsnowmatch" 7" (Enclave /Polyvinyl, 1994) – single
Braid – "I'm Afraid of Everything"/"Radish White Icicle"/"Now I'm Exhausted" 7" (Grand Theft Autumn, 1995) – single
Braid – "Niagara"/"That Car Came Out of Nowhere" 7" ("Grand Theft Autumn", 1995) – single
Braid / "Corm Split" 7" (Polyvinyl, 1997) – single
Braid – "First Day Back"/"Hugs From Boys" 7" (Polyvinyl, 1998) – single
"Always Something There To Remind Me" (Split 7" w/ Burning Airlines) – (DeSoto Records, 1998) single
The Firebird Suite – "New York" 7" – (The Mintaka Conspiracy, 1998) – single
The Firebird Project – "Feel Alright CD" – (The Mintaka Conspiracy, 1999) – EP
Braid – "Please Driver Faster", (Polyvinyl, 1999) – single
The Firebird Band – "The Drive" – (Cargo/Headhunter, 2001) – EP
The Blakhiv – "Any Way She Wants It" – (Lucid Records, 2006) – EP
Chris Broach – "How Well You Know Me" – (City at Night Records, 2009) – digital single
Chris Broach – "Beautiful Spaces" – (City at Night Records, 2009) – digital single
The Firebird Band – "Say Hello" – (Mind Over Matter Records / City at Night Records, 2010) – 7" / digital EP
Chris Broach – "Madison" – (City at Night Records, 2010) – digital EP
Braid – "Closer To Closed" – (Polyvinyl, 2011) – EP
The Firebird Band – "Green" – (City at Night Records, 2011) – digital EP
The Firebird Band – "Balinese Skies" – (City at Night Records, 2011) – digital EP
Chris Broach – "Juarez The Hero / Just Like A Duo" – (City at Night Records, 2011) – digital EP
The Firebird Band – "Night Remixes" – (City at Night Records, 2011) – digital EP
Chris Broach – "Toy" – (City at Night Records, 2011) – digital single
Braid – "Braid + Balance + Composure" (Split 7" w/ Balance + Composure) – (No Sleep Records / Polyvinyl, 2013) – single
SNST – "National Monument" – (City at Night Records, 2016) – digital single
SNST – "Sunset" or "Remember How It Ends" – (Broken World Media / City at Night Records, 2017) – CD / digital EP
Mass Energy – "Can We Dance?" – (City at Night Records, 2017) – digital single
Chris Broach – "Break It Up" – (City at Night Records, 2018) – digital single
Chris Broach – "Pick Up A Gun" – (City at Night Records, 2018) – digital single
SNST – "Heart Will Fail You" – (City at Night Records, 2019) – digital single
SNST – "It's Hard To Be Loved (By You)" – (City at Night Records, 2019) – digital single
SNST – "What's Evil About?" – (City at Night Records, 2019) – digital single
SNST – "Worth It" – (City at Night Records, 2019) – digital single
SNST – "White Collar Villain" – (City at Night Records, 2019) – digital single
SNST – "Chaos Is Meant To Be" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single
SNST – "Be Afraid" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single
SNST – "Catastrophe" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single
SNST – "Solid Ground" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single
SNST – "I 4 I" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single
SNST – "Funky Fresh" – (City at Night Records, 2020) – digital single

Compilations

Braid – Movie Music Vol. 1, (Polyvinyl, 2000) – compilation CD/Double LP
Braid – Movie Music Vol. 2, (Polyvinyl, 2000) – compilation CD/Double LP
The Firebird Suite - Archives – (Lucid Records, 2003) - CD
Chris Broach – "Lost Years: Volume 11" – (City at Night Records, 2018) – digital LP

Appearances

Campanula Blue – "I Love Kerrazo" – guest vocals (Core For Care, 1996)
Braid – "Trompe Le Monde" from Where Is My Mind? A Tribute To The Pixies (Glue Factory Records, 1999)
The Firebird Band – "She Wears He-Harem" from A Tribute To Shudder To Think (2003)

VHS/DVD

Actuality of Thought (BiFocal Media, 2001) – VHS
Braid – Killing A Camera (Bifocal Media, 2001 VHS, 2004 DVD) – DVD

References

^ Frey, Tracy. "Biography: Braid". Allmusic. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
^ Eric Grubbs (September 30, 2008). POST: A Look at the Influence of Post-Hardcore-1985-2007. iUniverse. pp. 135–138. ISBN 978-0595518357.
^ Eric Grubbs (September 30, 2008). POST: A Look at the Influence of Post-Hardcore-1985-2007. iUniverse. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-0595518357.
^ "My Birthday is Today. Check out my other bands you didn't know about which you should know about". Chris Broach Music. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
^ "The Firebird Band new album 2015 (www.firebirdband.com)". Kickstarter. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
^ "Sunset Premieres Will Yip-Produced Indie Rock-Meets-Electro Album 'Turn Out the Lights'". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ "SNST "Turn Out the Lights"". iTunes. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ "Turn Out the Lights, by SNST".