Bishop Allen and the Broken String is the second full length album by the indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 group Bishop Allen

Bishop Allen

Bishop Allen is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The band's core members are Justin Rice and Christian Rudder, who are supported both on stage and in the studio by a rotating cast of musical collaborators...

. It was released on July 24, 2007.

Ten of the twelve tracks are re-workings of selections from the 12 EP project the band did in 2006.

Track listing

1. "The Monitor" – 3:42
2. "Rain" – 3:36
3. "Click, Click, Click, Click" – 3:08
4. "The Chinatown Bus" – 3:22
5. "Flight 180" – 5:10
6. "Like Castanets" – 3:17
7. "Butterfly Nets" – 3:12
8. "Shrinking Violet" – 1:51
9. "Corazon" – 4:21
10. "Middle Management" – 2:43
11. "Choose Again" – 3:12
12. "The News from Your Bed" – 2:45

Many uncommon instrumental arrangements are found in The Broken String, such as "Butterfly Nets" (ukulele, saxophone) or "Like Castanets" (banjo, oboe).