Release date: 20-03-2008

2008 The debut record from Death Vessel. The vinyl version of "Stay Close" is contains an exclusive bonus track not available anywhere else. High quality RTI pressed vinyl! This first pressing is limited to 500 copies on black vinyl.

Tracks:
01. Mean Streak
02. Late In Life Lift
03. Blowing Cave
04. Break The Empress Crown
05. Nothing Left To Bury
06. Mandan Dink
07. Tidy Nervous Breakdown
08. Snow Don't Fall
09. Deep In The Horchata
10. White Mole
11. Deep In The Horchata (Live/Acoustic) 

It s the name for a craft that carries you to the other side, but Death Vessel makes the trip a beautiful safari. Led by Joel Thibodeau (String Builder), the centerpiece is his soaring soprano voice. After watching him sing, you can walk down the street imagining the most disheveled of hobos bursting into pitch-perfect Puccini arias. Former Purple Ivy Shadows guitarist Erik Carlson (now of Area C) lends massive textures that immaculately support Thibodeau s guitar and voice. Recorded by Figgs singer and bassist Pete Donnelly, who makes a few musical appearances here, the album sounds like a classic record that might be gathering dust next to your great-uncle s old Johnny Cash albums, but is simultaneously an odd pastiche that doesn t seem to fit anywhere at all. 

Dusted:
"What lends Death Vessel its unique charm is Thibodeau's voice...with an underlying inquisitiveness that's distinctly childlike."