On February 17, 2009, “Merge” and “4AD” labels released “Hold Time”, the sixth M. Ward studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by M. Ward.

Personnel:

• M. Ward – voice, guitar, keyboards, bass, string arrangements
• Jason Lytle – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Mike Coykendall – bass, percussion
• Adam Selzer, Jordan Hudson, Rachel Blumberg, Than Luu – percussion
• Peter Broderick, Tom Hagerman – strings, violins
• Bill Ritchie – upright bass
• Mike Mogis – percussion, bells, mandolin, keyboards
• Elin Palmer – violin
• Allison Stewart – viola
• Dave Campbell – cello
• Zooey Deschanel – vocals
• Lucinda Williams – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by M. Ward, except where noted.

1. For Beginners
2. Never Had Nobody Like You
3. Jailbird
4. Hold Time
5. Rave On – Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West
6. To Save Me
7. One Hundred Million Years
8. Stars of Leo
9. Fisher of Men
10. Oh, Lonesome Me – Don Gibson
11. Epistemology
12. Blake’s View
13. Shangri-La
14. Outro (aka: I’m a Fool to Want You) – Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf