Chris Broach


Christopher Robert Broach is an American musician who is a guitarist and vocalist in the 1990s emo band Braid. Broach joined Braid in 1994, recording guitar for the band's first 7-inch release a week later.

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. 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.
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. 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.

Discography

Albums

  • SacHead – Our World Cassette Only
  • Braid – Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five – CD/Double LP
  • Braid – The Age of Octeen – CD/LP
  • Braid – Frame & Canvas – CD/LP
  • Braid – Lucky To Be Alive – live CD/Double LP
  • The Firebird Band – The Setting Sun and Its Satellites – – CD/LP
  • L' Spaerow – L'Spaerow CD – – CD
  • Life at Sea – Is There A Signal Coming Through? – – CD
  • The Firebird Band – The City at Night – CD
  • Braid – No Coast, – CD/LP
  • SNST - "Turn Out the Lights", - LP
  • SNST - "It's Hard To Be Loved By You", - LP

    Singles and EPs

  • Braid – "Rainsnowmatch" 7" – single
  • Braid – "I'm Afraid of Everything"/"Radish White Icicle"/"Now I'm Exhausted" 7" – single
  • Braid – "Niagara"/"That Car Came Out of Nowhere" 7" – single
  • Braid / "Corm Split" 7" – single
  • Braid – "First Day Back"/"Hugs From Boys" 7" – single
  • "Always Something There To Remind Me" – single
  • The Firebird Suite – "New York" 7" – – single
  • The Firebird Project – "Feel Alright CD" – – EP
  • Braid – "Please Driver Faster", – single
  • The Firebird Band – "The Drive" – – EP
  • The Blakhiv – "Any Way She Wants It" – – EP
  • Chris Broach – "How Well You Know Me" – – digital single
  • Chris Broach – "Beautiful Spaces" – – digital single
  • The Firebird Band – "Say Hello" – – 7" / digital EP
  • Chris Broach – "Madison" – – digital EP
  • Braid – "Closer To Closed" – – EP
  • The Firebird Band – "Green" – – digital EP
  • The Firebird Band – "Balinese Skies" – – digital EP
  • Chris Broach – "Juarez The Hero / Just Like A Duo" – – digital EP
  • The Firebird Band – "Night Remixes" – – digital EP
  • Chris Broach – "Toy" – – digital single
  • Braid – "Braid + Balance + Composure" – – single
  • SNST – "National Monument" – – digital single
  • SNST – "Sunset" or "Remember How It Ends" – – CD / digital EP
  • Mass Energy – "Can We Dance?" – – digital single
  • Chris Broach – "Break It Up" – – digital single
  • Chris Broach – "Pick Up A Gun" – – digital single
  • SNST – "Heart Will Fail You" – – digital single
  • SNST – "It's Hard To Be Loved " – – digital single
  • SNST – "What's Evil About?" – – digital single
  • SNST – "Worth It" – – digital single
  • SNST – "White Collar Villain" – – digital single
  • SNST – "Chaos Is Meant To Be" – – digital single
  • SNST – "Be Afraid" – – digital single
  • SNST – "Catastrophe" – – digital single
  • SNST – "Solid Ground" – – digital single
  • SNST – "I 4 I" – – digital single
  • SNST – "Funky Fresh" – – digital single

    Compilations

  • Braid – Movie Music Vol. 1, – compilation CD/Double LP
  • Braid – Movie Music Vol. 2, – compilation CD/Double LP
  • The Firebird Suite - Archives – - CD
  • Chris Broach – "Lost Years: Volume 11" – – digital LP

    Appearances

  • Campanula Blue – "I Love Kerrazo" – guest vocals
  • Braid – "Trompe Le Monde" from Where Is My Mind? A Tribute to the Pixies
  • The Firebird Band – "She Wears He-Harem" from ''A Tribute To Shudder To Think''

    VHS/DVD

  • Actuality of Thought – VHS
  • Braid – Killing A Camera – DVD