On June 1, 2007, “Robbins Island Music” label released “Hymns and Spiritual Songs”, the ninth Bradley Joseph studio album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Bradley Joseph.
On May 22, 2007, “Triple Crown” label released “Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading”, the second Dear Hunter (The) studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, and was produced by Casey Crescenzo.
Personnel:
Casey Crescenzo – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, organ
Erick Serna – acoustic and electric guitar
Luke Dent – vocals, piano, organ
Sam Dent – drums, percussion, glockenspiel
Phil Crescenzo – banjo
Jason Belcher – trumpet, French horn
Matt Tobin – violin
Philip Wolf – cello
Brandon Brooks – cello
Krysten Keches – harp
Track listing:
All tracks by Casey Crescenzo.
The Death and the Berth
The Procession
The Lake and the River
The Oracle on the Delphi Express
The Church and the Dime
The Bitter Suite I and II: Meeting Ms. Leading and Through the Dime
On May 12, 2008, “Earstorm” label released “In Silico”, the second Pendulum studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008, and was produced by Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen.
On May 8, 2007, “Domino” label released “New Moon”, the second posthumous Elliot Smith (the seventh album overall) album. It was produced by Rob Schnapf.
Personnel:
Elliot Smith – vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
Rob Jones – recording
Rob Schnapf – overdubs, mixing
Tom Rothrock – overdubs, mixing
Roger Seibel – mastering
Larry Crane – mixing, mastering supervision, research, archiving, liner notes, sequencing, compiled by
Maggie Vail – sequencing, compiled by
Mike King – artwork
Chanda Helzer, Mike King – typography
Christopher O’Riley, Rebecca Gates, Sam Coomes, Sean Croghan – liner notes
On April 10, 2007, “Touch and Go” label released “The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn”, the third CocoRosie studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson, Sierra Rose “Rosie” and Bianca Leilani “Coco” Casady.
On April 7, 2008, “Fontana” label released “Hey Ma”, the tenth James studio album. It was recorded September – December 2007, at “Château de Warsy” in France, “Hotspur Press” in Manchester, “The Premises” in Hoxton, “Scream” in Brighton, and was produced by Lee Muddy Baker, Tim Booth, Larry Gott, Saul Davies, Mark Hunter, Jim Glennie and Andy Diagram.
Personnel:
Tim Booth – lead vocals, art direction
Larry Gott – electric, acoustic, slide and e-bow guitars, additional backing vocals, art direction
Saul Davies – electric, acoustic and baritone guitars, violin, additional drums, art direction
Mark Hunter – keyboards, programming, art direction
Jim Glennie – bass guitars, art direction
David Baynton-Power – drums, percussion, art direction
Andy Diagram – trumpet, flugelhorn, additional backing vocals
On April 2, 2007, “Warp” label released “Our Earthly Pleasures”, the second Maxïmo Park studio album. It was recorded August – December 2006, and was produced by Gil Norton.
Personnel:
Paul Smith – vocals
Duncan Lloyd – guitars
Lukas Wooller – keyboards
Archis Tiku – bass guitar
Tom English – drums
Nell Catchpole – violin
Laura Reid – cello
Track listing:
All lyrics by Paul Smith, all music by Duncan Lloyd, except where noted.
On April 2, 2007, “RCA” label released “Because of the Times”, the third Kings of Leon studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Blackbird” in Berry Hill, Tennessee, and was produced by Ethan Johns and Angelo Petraglia.
Personnel:
Caleb Followill – vocals, guitar
Matthew Followill – guitar, backing vocals
Jared Followill – bass guitar, backing vocals
Nathan Followill – drums, backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Caleb Followillm Matthew Followill, Jared Followill and Nathan Followill.
On March 26, 2007, The Antlers self – released the second album “In the Attic of the Universe”. It was recorded September 2006 – March 2007, at “Watcher’s Wood” in New York, and was produced by Peter Silberman.
Personnel:
Peter Silberman – vocals, guitar various instruments, recording, mixing
On March 17, 2008, “Virgin / EMI” label released “Trisector”, the tenth Van der Graaf Generator studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “The Gaia Centre” in Delabole, Cornwall, England, and was produced by
Personnel:
Peter Hammill – voice, piano, electric guitar
Hugh Banton – organs, bass guitar
Guy Evans – drums, percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Hugh Banton, Guy Evans and Peter Hammill, except where noted.