The Broken West: I Can't Go On, I'll Go On

CML call number: CD ROCK Broken
Contents: On the bubble — So it goes — Down in the valley — Shiftee — Brass ring — Big city — You can build an island — Hale sunrise — Abigail — Slow — Baby on my arm — Like a light.
Eric R. Danton wrote in his Hartford Courant blog Sound Check: "Band I want to see again at SXSW: The Broken West. I love the song 'Down in the Valley' on the group's recent album, 'I Can't Go On, I'll Go On,' but the Los Angeles jangling roots rockers seemed frazzled during their showcase Wednesday night. I suspect part of it was nerves, and singer/guitarist Ross Flournoy told me Thursday there were some technical difficulties, too. Either way, I'd like very much to give them another chance. Plus, the chorus to that song has been stuck in my head for two days. (Flournoy also told me that guitarist Dan Iead is from Connecticut.)"
Spoiler alert! The album's title is taken from the closing words of Samuel Beckett's novel The Unnamable. It is also the title of a selection from Beckett's work edited and introduced by Richard W. Seaver.