The Ambassador by Gabriel Kahane

"One of the year's very best albums." — Rolling Stone

Bruce Willis’ hair, detective fiction, modernist architecture, and the 1992 Los Angeles uprising all provide fodder for Gabriel Kahane’s major label debut, The Ambassador (Sony Masterworks), a meditation on the underbelly of Los Angeles seen through the lens of ten street addresses. Gabriel was born in a modest bungalow in Venice Beach, California, but spent his childhood in New England, upstate New York, and Northern California. Now, with the release of The Ambassador— produced by Kahane along with Matt Johnson (St. Vincent), Casey Foubert (Sufjan Stevens), and Rob Moose (Bon Iver)— Gabriel turns his gaze toward his birthplace with his most focused album to date.

Tracklist

1.	Black Garden (2673 Dundee Pl.)	2:53

2.	Bradbury (304 Broadway)
3.	Slumlord Crocodile (115 E. 3rd St.)
4.	Veda (1 Pierce Dr.)	4:13

5.	Empire Liquor Mart (9127 S. Figueroa St.)	9:12

6.	Musso and Frank (6667 Hollywood Blvd.)
7.	Villains (4616 Dundee Dr.)
8.	Ambassador Hotel (3400 Wilshire Blvd.)
9.	Griffith Park (2800 E. Observatory Ave.)
10.	Union Station (800 N. Alameda St.)

Credits

released June 3, 2014

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