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Speedy Ortiz: Rabbit Rabbit

On September 1, 2023, “Wax Nine” label released “Rabbit Rabbit”, the fourth Speedy Ortiz studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Rancho De La Luna” in Joshua Tree. “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, and was produced by Sadie Dupuis, Sarah Tudzin, Joey Doubek, Sadie Dupuis, Andy Molholt and Audrey Zee Whitesides.

Personnel:

  • Sadie Dupuis – vocals, baritone guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, doubleneck guitar, drum machine, synthesizer, piano, bedpan, motorcycle box, tambourine, recording, editing, artwork
  • Andy Molholt – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, synthesizer, Wurlitzer, piano, Rhodes, OM-1, debit card, Mellotron, vocaloid, editing
  • Audrey Zee Whitesides – vocals, bass guitar, eight-string bass guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, delay
  • Joey Doubek – drums, shaker, tambourine, bells, synthesizer, spoons, shotglass, BB gun, whispers, slicer
  • Anna Arboles – vocals
  • Ram Cantu – vocals
  • Sarah Tudzin – vocals
  • David Catching – lap steel guitar
  • Darl Ferm – guitar
  • Devin McKnight – guitar
  • Ram Cantu – engineer, editing
  • Andy Tyler Clarke – engineer
  • Jon Russo – engineer
  • Jesse Weiss – engineer
  • Amar Lal – editing
  • Sarah Tudzin – recording, mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Sarah Elizabeth Dupuis.

  1. Kim Cattrall
  2. You SO2
  3. Scabs
  4. Plus One
  5. Cry Cry Cry
  6. Ballad of Y & S
  7. Kitty
  8. Who’s Afraid of the Bath
  9. Ranch vs Ranch
  10. Emergency & Me
  11. The Sunday
  12. Brace Thee
  13. Ghostwriter

Gruff Rhys: Seeking New Gods

On May 21, 2021, “Rough Trade” label released “Seeking New Gods”, the seventh Gruff Rhys album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Playpen” in Bristol, “Rancho De La Luna” in Joshua Tree, California, and was produced by Gruff Rhys.

Personnel:

  • Gruff Rhys – vocal, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer
  • Osian Gwynedd – piano, synthesizers
  • Steve Black – bass
  • Kliph Scurlock – drums
  • Lisa Jen, Mirain Hat – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Gavin Fitzjohn – brass, brass arrangements, brass recording
  • Ali Chant – recording
  • Jon Russo – recording
  • Mario Caldato Jr. – mixing
  • Jason Mitchell – mastering
  • Robert Carranza – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Gruff Rhys.

  1. Mausoleum of My Former Self
  2. Can’t Carry On
  3. Loan Your Loneliness
  4. Seeking New Gods
  5. Hiking in Lightning
  6. Holiest of the Holy Men
  7. The Keep
  8. Everlasting Joy
  9. Distant Snowy Peaks