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.
On March 10, 2008, “DFA” label released the self-titled, debut Hercules and Love Affair studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Goodand Evil”, “Lofish Studios” and “Plantain Studios” in New York City, was produced by Andrew Butler and Tim Goldsworthy.
Personnel:
Andrew Butler – vocals, keyboards, marimba
Anohni – vocals
Kim Ann Foxman – vocals
Nomi – vocals
Andrew Raposo – bass
Tyler Pope – bass
Andrew Raposo – bass
Tyler Pope – bass
Kevin Barker – guitar
Eric Broucek – rhythm guitar, engineer, mixing
Morgan Wiley – keyboards
Carter Yasutaki – trumpet
Steven Berstein – trumpet
Cory King – trombone
Maxim Moston – strings, drum programming
Ben Perowsky – drums
Tim Goldsworthy – drum programming
Chris Castagno – additional engineering
Walter Fischbacher – additional engineering
Alex Nizich – additional engineering
Scott Williams – art direction
Ben Guttin – drawings
Jason Nocito – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Andrew Butler and Anohni, except where noted.
On March 5, 2007, “Mute” label released the self-titled, debut Grinderman studio album. It was recorded in March 2006, at “RAK Studios” and “Metropolis Studios” in London, and was produced by Nick Launay, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos.
Personnel:
Nick Cave – vocals, electric guitar, organ, piano
Warren Ellis – acoustic guitar, electric mandolin, viola, violin, electric bouzouki, backing vocals
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