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La Dispute: Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair

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On November 11, 2008, “No Sleep” label released “Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair”, the debut La Dispute studio album. It was recorded in 2008, at “StudiOtte” in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was produced by Chad Sterenberg, Kevin Whittemore, Adam Vass, Brad Vander Lught and Jordan Dreyer.

Personnel:

  • Chad Sterenberg – guitar, backing vocals
  • Kevin Whittemore – guitar, lap steel guitar, backing vocals
  • Adam Vass – bass guitar, additional guitars, backing vocals
  • Brad Vander Lugt – drums, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jordan Dreyer – lead vocals, percussion
  • Adam Kool – additional composition, additional guitar
  • Troy Otte – backing vocals, engineer
  • Nick Vander Lugt – backing vocals
  • Joel Otte – engineer, mixing
  • Kim Rosen – mastering
  • Nick Satinover – artwork

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jordan Dreyer.

  1. Such Small Hands
  2. Said the King to the River
  3. New Storm for Older Lovers
  4. Damaged Goods
  5. Fall Down, Never Get Back Up Again
  6. Bury Your Flame
  7. Last Blues for Bloody Knuckles
  8. The Castle Builders
  9. Andria
  10. Then Again, Maybe You Were Right
  11. Sad Prayers for Guilty Bodies
  12. The Last Lost Continent
  13. Nobody, Not Even the Rain

Yeasayer: Fragrant World

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On August 21, 2012, “Secretly Canadian” label released “Fragrant World”, the third Yeasayer studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Chris Keating, Anand Wilder and Ira Wolf Tuton.

Personnel:

  • Chris Keating – lead and backing vocals, Maschine synth, drum programming, synthesizer, Jupiter MKS-80
  • Anand Wilder – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, Nord, Juno 106,  Jupiter MKS-80, Korg MS-20, Farfisa, Boss Supershifter, organ, cello, drum programming, Electribe, synthesizer, trident piano, ARP Omni 2, talk box, celeste, 12-string guitar, Rhodes, mellotron
  • Ira Wolf Tuton – J bass, backing and melodyne vocals, Omnisphere, Harmonic Octave Generator, Roland SH-2, bass synthesizer, Roland SH-101, ARP 2600, tambourine, Moog Murf, piano
  • Jason Trammell – drums, percussion, MPC
  • Ahmed Gallab – percussion
  • Brian McOmber– drums, percussion
  • “Delicate” Steve Marion– guitar
  • Dan Carey– MPC
  • Al Carlson – melodyne, saxophone
  • Kishi Bashi– strings
  • Elliot Bergman– kalimba
  • Al Carlson – recording
  • Abe Seiferth – additional recording
  • Alexis Smith – engineer
  • Dan Carey – mixing
  • Other Means – design
  • Ana Maria Lucaciu – modeling
  • Jason Nocito – photography

Track listing:

  1. Fingers Never Bleed
  2. Longevity
  3. Blue Paper
  4. Henrietta
  5. Devil and the Deed
  6. No Bones
  7. Reagan’s Skeleton
  8. Demon Road
  9. Damaged Goods
  10. Folk Hero Shtick
  11. Glass of the Microscope