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Big Red Machine: How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?

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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:

  1. Latter Days – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon, Anaïs Mitchell
  2. Reese – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
  3. Phoenix – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon, Robin Peckhold, Nico Lang, Anaïs Mitchell
  4. Birch – Bryan Devendorf, Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
  5. Renegade – Aaron Dessner, Taylor Swift
  6. The Ghost of Cincinnati – Aaron Dessner, Nicole Riegel
  7. Hoping Then – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
  8. Mimi – Ilsey Juber, Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
  9. Easy to Sabotage – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon, Naeem Juwan
  10. Hutch – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
  11. 8:22AM – Aaron Dessner, Ariel Engle, Bryan Devendorf, Justin Vernon, Ragnar Kjartansson
  12. Magnolia – Aaron Dessner
  13. June’s a River – Aaron Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, Ben Howard
  14. Brycie – Aaron Dessner, Jessica Reese, Aaron Dessner
  15. New Auburn – Aaron Dessner, Anaïs Mitchell, Justin Vernon

Fleet Foxes: Shore

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On September 22, 2020, “Anti” label released “Shore”, the fourth Fleet Foxes studio album. It was recorded September 2019 – September 2020, at “The Long Pond” in Columbia County, New York, “Studios St. Germain” in Paris, “Vox Recording” in Los Angeles, “The Diamond Mine” in Long Island City, Queens, “Electric Lady Studios” in Greenwich Village, New York, and was produced by Robin Pecknold.

Personnel:

  • Robin Pecknold – vocals, instrumental performance, arrangements
  • Uwade Akhere – vocals
  • Daniel Rossen – acoustic and electric guitar, piano
  • Michael Bloch – classical guitar
  • Marta Sofia Honer – violin, viola
  • The Westerlies
  • Riley Mulherkar – trumpet
  • Chloe Rowlands – trumpet
  • Andy Clausen – trombone
  • Willem de Koch – trombone
  • Joshua Jaeger – drum kit, percussion
  • Christopher Bear – drum kit, percussion
  • Homer Steinweiss – drum kit
  • Meara O’Reilly – vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Tim Bernardes – vocals
  • Kevin Morby – backing vocals
  • Georgiana Leithauser – backing vocals
  • Frederika Leithauser – backing vocals
  • Juliet Butters – backing vocals
  • Faye Butters – backing vocals
  • Beatriz Artola – spoken dialog, engineer, recording, mixing
  • Jon Low – additional engineering
  • Bastien Lozier – additional engineering
  • Michael Harris – additional engineering
  • Chris Cerullo – additional engineering
  • Paul Spring – additional engineering
  • Jens Jungkurth – additional engineering
  • Lauren Marquez – additional engineering
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Ben Tousley – layout, design
  • Robin Pecknold – layout, design
  • Dino Matt – drawings
  • Hiroshi Hamaya – cover photographs
  • Kersti Jan Werdal – gatefold photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robin Pecknold, except where noted.

  1. Wading in Waist-High Water
  2. Sunblind
  3. Can I Believe You
  4. Jara
  5. Featherweight
  6. A Long Way Past the Past
  7. For a Week or Two
  8. Maestranza
  9. Young Man’s Game
  10. I’m Not My Season
  11. Quiet Air / Gioia
  12. Going-to-the-Sun Road – Robin Oecknold, Tim Bernardes
  13. Thymia
  14. Cradling Mother, Cradling Woman
  15. Shore

The Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose

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On July 13, 2018, “Domino” label released “Lamp Lit Prose”, the eighth Dirty Projectors (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Ivo Shandor” in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Longstreth/

Personnel:

  • David Longstreth– vocals, acoustic, 12-string and electric guitar, Juno, Rhodes, piano, organ, bass, drums, drum production, Wurlitzer, string arrangements, horn arrangements
  • Syd– vocals
  • Lorely Rodriguez (Empress Of)– vocals, additional vocals
  • Teresa Eggers – additional vocals
  • Mauro Refosco– surdo, percussion
  • Tyondai Braxton– modular processing
  • Todd Simon – trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, French horn, euphonium
  • Tracy Wannomae – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, recorder
  • Juliane Graf – trombone, bass trombone, tuba
  • Mike Johnson – drums
  • Benjamin Jacobson– violin
  • Andrew Bulbrook– violin
  • Jonathan Moerschel– viola
  • Eric Byers– cello
  • Danielle Haim– vocals
  • Alana Haim– vocals
  • Este Haim– vocals
  • Amber Mark – vocals
  • Rostam Batmanglij– vocals
  • Katy Davidson– vocals
  • Robin Pecknold– vocals
  • Björk– higurashi recording
  • Daniel Luna – güira
  • Francisco Javier Paredes – bongos
  • Nat Baldwin– bass
  • David Longstreth – mixing
  • Manny Marroquin– mixing
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Sonny DiPerri – drum engineering, percussion engineer, guitar engineering
  • David Tolomei – drum engineering, string engineering, horn engineering, percussion engineer, piano engineering
  • Miro Mackie – vocal engineering, piano engineering, guitar engineering
  • Ryan Tuttle – guitar, Wurlitzer and Rhodes engineer, piano engineering
  • Robby Moncrieff – guitar engineering, Rhodes and Wurlitzer engineering, bass and organ engineering, additional engineering
  • Nikolaj Nielsen – Robin Pecknold’s vocal engineering
  • Logan Patrick – Rostam Batmanglij’s vocal engineering
  • David Longstreth – art direction
  • Joe Cariati – glass sculptures
  • Jason Frank Rothenberg – photography
  • Kelsey Fugere – prop styling
  • Teresa Eggers – prop styling
  • Rob Carmichael (Seen) – design

Track listing:

All tracks by David Longstreth, except where noted.

  1. Right Now
  2. Break-Thru
  3. That’s a Lifestyle
  4. I Feel Energy
  5. Zombie Conqueror
  6. Blue Bird
  7. I Found It in U
  8. What Is the Time
  9. You’re the One
  10. (I Wanna) Feel It All – David Longstreth, Net Baldwin, Mike Johnson

Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up

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On June 16, 2017, “Nonesuch” label released “Crack-Up”, the third Fleet Foxes album. It was recorded July 2016 – January 2017, at “Electric Lady”, “Sear Sound”,  “Rare Book Room”, “The Void” in New York, “The Unknown” in Anacortes, and “Avast Recording Company” in Seattle, and was produced by Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset.

Personnel:

  • Robin Pecknold– vocals, classical guitar, dreadnought, electric guitar, string electric, Fender bass, piano, synthesizer, Baldwin electric harpsichord, prepared autoharp , marimba, Moog Minitaur, Hammond organ, mellotron, train loop, water loop, Korg drum machine, percussion, varispeed, footsteps, door, Memory Man Deluxe
  • Casey Wescott – piano, chromatic bells, qraqebs, kettledrum, programming, koto, harpsichord , Blue Noise synth, SuperColliderbirdsong
  • Morgan Henderson– cello, qraqebs, double bass, pitched bass clarinet, pitched flute, pitched clarinet , alto flute
  • Skyler Skjelset – vocals, electric guitar, Fender bass, piano, synthesizer, pencil on paper, cicada loop, glass harmonica, bowed cymbal, shamisen, percussion, programming, fole, Korg drum machine, amplifier noise, footsteps, Moog Minitaur, water harp
  • Christian Wargo– vocals, bass, drum kit
  • Hannah Epperson – violin
  • Matthew Barrick, Christopher Icasiano, Neal Morgan– drum kit, percussion
  • Brian McPherson – spoken word
  • The Westerlies – horns
  • Zubin Hensler, Riley Mulherkar – trumpet
  • Andy Clausen – arrangement, trombone
  • Willem de Koch – trombone
  • Russel Durham – first violin
  • Jeremy Kittel – second violin
  • Nicholas Cords – viola
  • Dave Eggar– cello
  • Chris Allen, Grant Valentine, Owen Mulholland, Gabe Wax, Casey Wescott, Adam Burd, Gosha Usov, Beatriz Artola – engineer
  • Gabriel Gall – arrangements
  • Phil Ek– mixing
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Ben Tousley, Robin Pecknold – design, layout
  • Shawn Brackbill – band portrait
  • Sean Pecknold, Adi Goodrich – paintings
  • Hiroshi Hamaya– front and back cover, interior photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Robin Pecknold, except where noted.

  1. I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar – Gabriel Gall
  2. Cassius
  3. – Naiads, Cassadies
  4. Kept Woman
  5. Third of May / Ōdaigahara
  6. If You Need to, Keep Time on Me
  7. Mearcstapa
  8. On Another Ocean (January / June)
  9. Fool’s Errand
  10. I Should See Memphis – Gabriel Gall
  11. Crack-Up

Fleet Foxes: Same

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On June 3, 2008, “Bella Union” label released the debut, self-titled Fleet Foxes  album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Phil Ek. The cover art is a detail of the 1559 painting “Netherlandish Proverbs” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. “Times” ranked the album at number 1 on its list of the “100 Best Albums of the Year”; “Mojo” magazine ranked it and number 1 on its list of the “Top 50 Albums of 2008”. The album was certified Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Robin Pecknold– vocals, guitar, arranger, design
  • Skyler Skjelset – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals, arranger
  • Casey Wescott – keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals, arranger
  • Craig Curran – bass, arranger
  • Nicholas Peterson – drums, arranger
  • Gwen Owen – flute
  • Phil Ek– engineer, mixing
  • Ed Brooks – mastering
  • Sasha Barr – design
  • Dusty Summers – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Robin Pecknold.

  1. Sun it Rises
  2. White Winter Hymnal
  3. Ragged Wood
  4. Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
  5. Quiet Houses
  6. He Doesn’t Know Why
  7. Heard Them Stirring
  8. Your Protector
  9. Meadowlarks
  10. Blue Ridge Mountains
  11. Oliver James

Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues

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On May 3, 2011, “Sub Pop”, released “Helplessness Blues”, the second Fleet Foxes studio album. It was recorded 2009–2010, at “Reciprocal Recording”, “Dreamland Recording”, “Bear Creek Recording”, “Avast Recording”, and was produced by Phil Ek, Robin Pecknold, Skyler Skjelset, Casey Wescott, Josh Tillman, Christian Wargo  and Morgan Henderson.

Personnel:

  • Robin Pecknold– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, fiddle, mandolin, hammer dulcimer, harmonium, Moog, lever harp, Prophet
  • Skyler Skjelset – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, water harp
  • Bill Patton – pedal and lap steel
  • Casey Wescott – piano, pump organ, Marxophone, music box, Crumarbass, Moog, Tremoloa, tibetan singing bowls, harmonium, harpsichord, Mellotron, additional vocal harmony arrangements
  • Christian Wargo– vocals, electric bass
  • Morgan Henderson– double bass, woodwinds
  • Josh Tillman– vocals, drum kit, percussion
  • Alina To – violin
  • Hanna Benn – string arrangements
  • Phil Ek – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Robin Pecknold.

  1. Montezuma
  2. Bedouin Dress
  3. Sim Sala Bim
  4. Battery Kinzie
  5. The Plains / Bitter Dancer
  6. Helplessness Blues
  7. The Cascades
  8. Lorelai
  9. Someone You’d Admire
  10. The Shrine / An Argument
  11. Blue Spotted Tail
  12. Grown Ocean