On August 27, 2021, “37d03d” label released “How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?”, the second Big Red Machine studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2021, at “Long Pond” in Hudson Valley, New York, “Kitty Committee” in Los Angeles, “April Base” in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and was produced by Aaron Dessner.
Personnel:
- Aaron Dessner – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, high strung guitar, rubber bridge guitar, tambourine, piano, upright piano, bass guitar, synth bass, drum machine programming, OP-1, shaker, synth, synthesizer, synth bass, bass drum, clack, Prophet X, mellotron, sequencer, snare, kick drum, cymbal
- Justin Vernon – vocals, electric guitar, mellotron, whistling, synth, Messina
- Bryce Dessner – acoustic and electric guitar, orchestration
- James Krivchenia – drums
- JT Bates – drums
- Jason Treuting – drums
- James McAlister – electronic drums
- Thomas Bartlett – piano, Prophet X, ELZ_1 Synthesizer, synthesizer, synth, mellotron
- Benjamin Lanz – modular synthesizer, synthesizer
- Andrew Broder – synthesizer
- Robin Pecknold – vocals, mellotron, piano
- S. Carey – Prophet X
- Brad Cook – mellotron, bass guitar, ebow bass, synth
- Michael Lewis – saxophone
- Dave Nelson – trumpet, trombone
- Andy Clausen – trombone
- Willem de Koch – trombone
- Riley Mulherkar – trombone
- Chloe Rowlands – trombone
- Kyle Resnick – flugelhorn
- Taylor Swift – vocals
- Ilsey Juber – vocals
- Naeem – vocals
- Sharon Van Etten – vocals
- Shara Nova – vocals
- Ariel Engle – vocals
- This Is the Kit – vocals
- Ben Howard – vocals
- Anaïs Mitchell – vocals
- Lisa Hannigan – vocals
- Yuki Numata Resnick – violin, viola
- Bryan Devendorf – drum machine programming
- Ryan Olson – Allovers Hi-Hat Generator
Track listing:
- Latter Days – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon, Anaïs Mitchell
- Reese – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
- Phoenix – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon, Robin Peckhold, Nico Lang, Anaïs Mitchell
- Birch – Bryan Devendorf, Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
- Renegade – Aaron Dessner, Taylor Swift
- The Ghost of Cincinnati – Aaron Dessner, Nicole Riegel
- Hoping Then – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
- Mimi – Ilsey Juber, Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
- Easy to Sabotage – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon, Naeem Juwan
- Hutch – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
- 8:22AM – Aaron Dessner, Ariel Engle, Bryan Devendorf, Justin Vernon, Ragnar Kjartansson
- Magnolia – Aaron Dessner
- June’s a River – Aaron Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, Ben Howard
- Brycie – Aaron Dessner, Jessica Reese, Aaron Dessner
- New Auburn – Aaron Dessner, Anaïs Mitchell, Justin Vernon