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On May 21, 2002, “Hush Records” label released “Castaways and Cutouts”, the debut Decemberists (The) album. It was recorded January – February 2002, and was produced by Colin Maloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query and Ezra Holbrook.
Personnel:
- Colin Meloy – vocals, guitar, percussion, art direction
- Chris Funk – guitar, pedal steel, theremin
- Jenny Conlee – Hammond organ, piano, Rhodes piano, accordion
- Nate Query – upright bass
- Ezra Holbrook – vocals, drums, percussion
- Simon Widdowson – recording
- Ryan Foster – mastering
- Carson Ellis – art direction, design, painting, illustration
- Third Eyebrow (.com) – design
- Jonathan Gitelson – inner tray photography
Sound clip in “California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade” from “Archangel”, directed by Guy Maddin.
Track listing:
All tracks by Colin Meloy.
- Leslie Anne Levine
- Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
- July, July
- A Cautionary Song
- Odalisque
- Cocoon
- Grace Cathedral Hill
- The Legionnaire’s Lament
- Clementine
- California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade