Tag Archives: Chris Walla

Nada Surf: Let Go

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On September 16, 2002, “Barsuk” label released “Let Go”, third Nada Surf studio album. It was recorded 2001 – 2002, at “Standard Electric Recorders Co.” in Decatur, Georgia, and was produced by Chris Fudurich, Louie Lino, Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca and Ira Elliot.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Caws – guitar recording, mixing
  • Daniel Lorca – bass, recording, mixing
  • Ira Elliot – drums, recording, mixing
  • Joe McGinty – keyboards
  • Louie Lino – steel guitar, keyboards, recording, mixing
  • Bryce Goggin, Chris Walla, Juan Garcia – recording, mixing
  • Chris Fudurich – recording, mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Sarah Register – mastering assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Caws, Ira Elliot and Daniel Lorca.

  1. Blizzard of ’77
  2. Happy Kid
  3. Inside of Love
  4. Fruit Fly
  5. Blonde on Blonde
  6. Hi-Speed Soul
  7. Killian’s Red
  8. The Way You Wear Your Head
  9. Neither Heaven nor Space
  10. Là Pour Ça
  11. Treading Water
  12. Paper Boats

Tegan And Sara: Sainthood

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On October 26, 2009, “Sire” label released “Sainthood”, the sixth Tegan and Sara studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Sound City” in Los Angeles, “Two Sticks Audio” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Chris Walla and Howard Redekopp.

Personnel:

  • Tegan Quin – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Sara Quin – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Ted Gowens – guitar, keyboards
  • Chris Walla – bass, keyboards, guitar, percussion
  • Jason McGerr – drums
  • Howard Redekopp – engineer
  • Andy Brohard – engineer
  • Chris Walla – mixing 
  • Dave Sardy – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Andrew Maury – Logic operator
  • Adam Fuller – assistant
  • Jackson Long – assistant
  • Alec Gomez – assistant
  • Andy Brohard – technician
  • EE Storey – art direction, design
  • Pamela Littjy – photography
  • Craig Aaronson – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Tegan Quin and Sara Quin, except where noted.

  1. Arrow
  2. Don’t Rush – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Hunter Burgan
  3. Hell – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Hunter Burgan
  4. On Directing
  5. Red Belt
  6. The Cure – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Hunter Burgan
  7. Northshore
  8. Night Watch
  9. Alligator
  10. Paperback Head
  11. The Ocean
  12. Sentimental Time
  13. Someday

Rheostatics: Here Comes The Wolves

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On September 6, 2019, “Six Shooter Records” label released “Here Come the Wolves”, the twelve Rheostatics album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Revolution Recording” and “Union Sound Company” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Chris Stringer.

Personnel:

  • Dave Bidini – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Martin Tielli – vocals, guitar, tenor guitar, banjo, additional engineering
  • Kevin Hearn – vocals, keyboards, accordion
  • Hugh Marsh – violin
  • Tim Vesely – vocals, bass guitar, additional engineering
  • Dave Clark – drums, percussion, keyboards, additional engineering
  • Chris Stringer – additional guitar, keyboards, percussion, engineer
  • Alex Gamble – engineer
  • Michael Philip Wojewoda – additional engineering, mixing
  • Darren McGill – engineer assistant
  • Luke Schindler – engineer assistant
  • Chris Peters – design, layout
  • João Carvalho – mastering
  • Bryan Lowe – mastering assistant
  • Chris Walla – mixing
  • Gus Van Go – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Bidini, Martin Tielli, Kevin Hearn, Hugh Marsh, Tim Vesely and Dave Clark.

  1. Vancouver
  2. AC/DC on the Stereo
  3. Rearview
  4. Here Come the Wolves
  5. It’s the Super Controller!
  6. Music is the Message
  7. Diamonds on Our Toes
  8. I Wanna Be Your Robot
  9. The Beautiful Night
  10. Goodbye Sister Butterfly
  11. Albatross
  12. Mountains and the Sea

Pinegrove: 11:11

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On January 28, 2022, “Rough Trade” label released “11:11”, the fifth Pinegrove studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Levon Helm Studios” in Woodstock, “The Building” in Marlboro, New York, and was produced by Evan Stephens Hall and Sam Skinner.  

Personnel:

  • Evan Stephens Hall – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion, additional engineering, cover painting, photography
  • Joshua F. Marré – guitar, nylon string guitar, processed guitar, slide guitar, additional engineering
  • Sam Skinner – piano, accordion, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, bowed bass strings, electric bass, triangle, engineer, co-mixing
  • Megan Benevente – electric bass, additional engineering
  • Zack Levine – drums, percussion, additional engineering
  • Chris Walla – guitars, keyboards, tambourine, additional engineering, mixing
  • Doug Hall – organ, synthesizer, piano
  • Nandi Rose – vocals, additional engineering
  • Sammy Maine – vocals, photography
  • João Carvalho – mastering
  • Mira Moore – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Evan Stephens Hall, except where noted

  1. Habitat
  2. Alaska
  3. Iodine
  4. Orange
  5. Flora
  6. Respirate
  7. Let – Evan Stephens, Sam Skinner
  8. So What
  9. Swimming
  10. Cyclone
  11. 11th Hour

Death Cab for Cutie: We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes

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On March 21, 2000, “Barsuk Records” label released “We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes”, the second Death Cab for Cutie studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “The Hall of Justice” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Chris Walla.

Personnel:

  • Ben Gibbard – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, organ, drums, percussion, Casiotone
  • Chris Walla – guitar, electric piano, percussion, glockenspiel, samples, backing vocals, mixing
  • Nick Harmer – bass guitar
  • Nathan Good – drums
  • Tony Lash – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Gibbard, except where noted.

  1. Title Tracks
  2. The Employment Pages
  3. For What Reason
  4. Lowell, MA – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  5. 405
  6. Little Fury Bags
  7. Company Calls – Ben Gibbard, Nick Hammer, Chris Walla
  8. Company Calls Epilogue
  9. No Joy in Mudville – Ben Gibbard, Nick Hammer, Chris Walla
  10. Scientist Studies

Foxing: Nearer My God

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On August 10, 2018, “Triple Crown Records” label released “Nearer My God” the third Foxing studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “4 Stock Studio”, and was produced by Chris Walla and Eric Hudson.

Personnel:

  • Eric Hudson – vocals, guitar, arrangements, engineer
  • Conor Murphy – vocals, guitar, trumpet, sampler, engineer
  • Chris Walla – bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, slapstick, engineer, mixing
  • Josh Coll – bass, synthesizer, sampler
  • Jon Hellwig – drums, sampler
  • Chris Apps – bagpipes
  • Madeline Lackey – vocals
  • Sean Pierce – alto saxophone
  • Sarah Wahoff – violin
  • Ian Jones- electronics
  • Joe Reinhart – engineer
  • Mike V. Davis – engineer, mixing, editing
  • Ryan Wasoba – editing
  • Joe Lambert – mastering
  • Hayden Molinarolo – layout, photography, typography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Conor Murphy, all music by Conor Murphy, Enrique Sampson, Eric Hudson, Jon Hellwig

  1. Grand Paradise
  2. Slapstick
  3. Lich Prince
  4. Game shark
  5. Nearer My God
  6. Five Cups
  7. Heartbeats
  8. Trapped in Dillard’s
  9. Bastardizer
  10. Crown Candy
  11. Won’t Drown
  12. Lambert

The Decemberists: Picaresque

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On March 22, 2005, “Kill Rock Star” label released “Picaresque”, the third Decemberists (The) studio album. It was recorded August – September 2004, at “Prescott Church” in Portland, and was produced by Chris Walla, Colin  Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query and John Moen.

Personnel:

  • Colin Meloy- lead vocals, guitar
  • Chris Funk- guitar, multi-instrumentalist
  • Jenny Conlee– voices, accordion, piano, keyboards
  • Nate Query- bass
  • Rachel Blumberg – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Aaron Stewart – tom tom
  • Petra Haden – violin, backing vocals
  • Sean Nelson – vocals, voices
  • Eric Stern – vocals
  • Paul Brainard – trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Joe Cunningham – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Tom Hill – trombone
  • Jeff London – shofar
  • John Roderick – sound effects
  • Troy Tietjen – mixing
  • Carson Ellis – illustrations, design
  • Alicia J. Rose – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Meloy.

  1. The Infanta
  2. We Both Go Down Together
  3. Eli, the Barrow Boy
  4. The Sporting Life
  5. The Bagman’s Gambit
  6. From My own True Love (Lost at Sea)
  7. Sixteen Military Wives
  8. The Engine Driver
  9. On the Bus Mail
  10. The Mariner’s Revenge Song
  11. Of Angels and Angels

Tegan and Sara: The Con

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On July 24, 2007, “Vapor” label released “The Con”, the fifth Tegan and Sara studio album. It was recorded January – March 2007, in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Tegan Quin,  Sara Quin and Chris Walla

Personnel:

  • Tegan Quin – vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano
  • Sara Quin – vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano
  • Christopher Walla– guitars, keyboards, organ, shakers, cymbals, tiny guitars, bass
  • Kaki King– lap steel, guitar
  • Ted Gowans – guitars, keyboards, organ
  • Matt Sharp, Hunter Burgan– bass
  • Jason McGerr– drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. I Was Married – Sara Quin
  2. Relief Next to Me – Sara Quin
  3. The Con – Tegan Quin
  4. Knife Going In – Sara Quin
  5. Are You Ten Years Ago – Tegan Quin
  6. Back in Your Heart – Sara Quin
  7. Hop a Plane – Tegan Quin
  8. Soil,, Soil – Tegan Quin
  9. Burn Your Life Down – Sara Quin
  10. Nineteen – Tegan Quin
  11. Floorplan – Sara Quin
  12. Like O, Like H – Sara Quin
  13. Dark Come Soon – Tegan Quin
  14. Call it Off – Tegan Quin

Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs

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On May 13, 2008, “Atlantic” label released “Narrow Stairs”, the sixth Death Cab for Cutie studio album. It was recorded in 2008, at Seattle, and was produced by Chris Walla.

Personnel:

  • Ben Gibbard– vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, keyboard, drums, drum machine
  • Chris Walla– lead guitar, audio sequencer, piano, keyboards, backing vocals,  recording, mixing
  • Nick Harmer– bass, backing vocals
  • Jason McGerr– drums, percussion
  • Alex Newport– mixing
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • EE Storey– artwork, layout
  • Eric A. Hegg – centerfold photography

Track listing:

  1. Bixby Canyon Bridge – Ben Gibbard
  2. I Will Possess Your Heart – Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Chris Walla
  3. No Sunlight – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  4. Cath – Ben Gibbard
  5. Talking Bird – Ben Gibbard
  6. You Can Do Better Than Me – Ben Gibbard
  7. Grapevine Fires – Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr
  8. Your New Twin Sized Bed – Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer
  9. Long Division – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, Nick Harmer
  10. Pity and Fear – Ben Gibbard
  11. The Ice Is Getting Thinner – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla

Nada Surf: The Weight Is A Gift

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On September 20, 2005, “Barsuk” label released “The Weight Is a Gift”, the fourth Nada Surf album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Chris Walla, Louie Lino, Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca and Ira Elliot.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Caws– lead vocals, guitar
  • Daniel Lorca– bass, backing vocals
  • Ira Elliot– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca and Ira Elliot..

  1. Concrete Bed
  2. Do It Again
  3. Always Love
  4. What Is Your Secret?
  5. Your Legs Grow
  6. All Is a Game
  7. Blankest Year
  8. Comes a Time
  9. In the Mirror
  10. Armies Walk
  11. Imaginary Friends