Pullman is a studio-born acoustic supergroup that emerged from Chicago's post-rock milieu in the late '90s, uniting Ken "Bundy K." Brown (Tortoise/Directions in Music), Curtis Harvey (Rex), Chris Brokaw (Come), and Doug McCombs (Tortoise/Eleventh Dream Day); drummer Tim Barnes later joined, solidifying the group's core lineup.

They debuted on Thrill Jockey with Turnstyles & Junkpiles (1998), a hushed, live-to-2-track collection of interwoven guit ars that critics likened to John Fahey, Leo Kottke, and Gastr del Sol.

Their follow-up, Viewfinder (2001), expanded the palette with percussion, subtle electri c textures, and multi-track layering, while maintaining Pullman's rustic, cinematic restraint.

Across both albums, the band became a touchstone for acoustic, song-adjacent instrumental music: folk in spirit, post-rock in method, and timeless in tone.

Two decades later, Pullman return with III, an album forged in friendship and resilience.

In 2021, Barnes went public with his diagnosis of e arly onset Alzheimer's at age 54. Even as his condition progressed, he and Brown beg an working almost daily, often remotely, with a wide circle of collaborators from Barnes's musical past.

What began as a single contribution for a compi lation gradually blossomed into a full Pullman record, completed betwe en 2021 and 2023.

Edited and mixed by Brown, with early input from Barnes, III carries forward the group's signature intimacy and space while embodying the spirit of community that has always defined their work.

Both a continuati on of Pullman's singular aesthetic and a testament to the sustaining power of m usic, III drifts with the quiet weight of memory, persistence, and grace.