David Bazan: Curse Your Branches

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Albums about breaking up with a girlfriend or boyfriend after a long relationship are pretty common; albums about splitting with God after a lifetime together are rare. But as the voice of Pedro The Lion, David Bazan was never the typical Christian-rocker: His songs often dealt with crises of faith, and Bazan spent far less time praising His name than questioning His motives. At some point in the last few years, Bazan apparently began to heed his own doubts. Curse Your Branches—his first solo album, though Pedro was basically just Bazan anyway—pushes him into full-on agnosticism, though that changes little about his terrifically melancholy music.