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Correct 2:57
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You'll Shrug 4:22
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Nice Life 3:45
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Problem Solver 1:43
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Our Very Own Version of November Rain 1:21
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Find X 2:01
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Dirge For Self 2:06
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Straight Lines 2:07
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Album Of The Year 5:09
Released November 18, 2016
Chris Brazier - Assistant Engineering
Chris Ryan - Vocals, Drums, Production, Engineering
Dan Coutant - Mastering
Gavin Millar - Photography
Nathan Rodgers - Bass, Effects
Patrick Gardiner - Backing Vocals
Paul O'Reilly - Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Tenor Sax
Ryan Burrowes - Oscillator, Effects
Sean Joseph - Backing Vocals
Simon Templeton - Piano
Thibault Barillion - Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Flute
Tim Farrell - Art, Layout
Tom Tabori - Soprano Sax
Recorded at Start Together, The Harty Room & Mandela Hall, Belfast
Mastered at Sun Room Audio, New York
Lacquer cut at Finyl Tweek, London
This release has been supported by PRS for Music Foundation’s Flash Funding in association with MODO.
"This record initially started as an EP that was going to be one side of a 12" that PRS were funding, with the other side would be blank with an etched design. Ultimately we tried to make some more music that could strive to be better than a silent side of a 12"... There's a lot of space on the album, in comparison to how tightly packed our next record was. In hindsight I realised all these songs are about time passing - roughly a year - and I was really happy that it came out in November because it always feels like a winter album. Those cups on the front cover are tiny in real life; Tim Farrell who designed the artwork still has them I think. Quite a few of these tracks have double or even triple-tracked drums in different rooms (including the now-demolished Mandela Hall in Belfast). You can hear it most on Dirge For Self. Almost every single part on this record - including drums, saxophones, bass - were recorded using a stereo MS room mic. Not to get too deep in the weeds but I got a bit obsessed with the sound it can make when used with a limiter on the M portion of the mic signal. It actually feels like you're in the room and experiencing the instrument get louder or quieter and how it affects the sound bouncing against the walls. Really cool, you can hear it all over the record; especially on the Find X saxophone solo. Happy we decide to just say fuck it and write an LP" - Chris, April 2020
Chris Ryan - Vocals, Drums, Production, Engineering
Dan Coutant - Mastering
Gavin Millar - Photography
Nathan Rodgers - Bass, Effects
Patrick Gardiner - Backing Vocals
Paul O'Reilly - Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Tenor Sax
Ryan Burrowes - Oscillator, Effects
Sean Joseph - Backing Vocals
Simon Templeton - Piano
Thibault Barillion - Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Flute
Tim Farrell - Art, Layout
Tom Tabori - Soprano Sax
Recorded at Start Together, The Harty Room & Mandela Hall, Belfast
Mastered at Sun Room Audio, New York
Lacquer cut at Finyl Tweek, London
This release has been supported by PRS for Music Foundation’s Flash Funding in association with MODO.
"This record initially started as an EP that was going to be one side of a 12" that PRS were funding, with the other side would be blank with an etched design. Ultimately we tried to make some more music that could strive to be better than a silent side of a 12"... There's a lot of space on the album, in comparison to how tightly packed our next record was. In hindsight I realised all these songs are about time passing - roughly a year - and I was really happy that it came out in November because it always feels like a winter album. Those cups on the front cover are tiny in real life; Tim Farrell who designed the artwork still has them I think. Quite a few of these tracks have double or even triple-tracked drums in different rooms (including the now-demolished Mandela Hall in Belfast). You can hear it most on Dirge For Self. Almost every single part on this record - including drums, saxophones, bass - were recorded using a stereo MS room mic. Not to get too deep in the weeds but I got a bit obsessed with the sound it can make when used with a limiter on the M portion of the mic signal. It actually feels like you're in the room and experiencing the instrument get louder or quieter and how it affects the sound bouncing against the walls. Really cool, you can hear it all over the record; especially on the Find X saxophone solo. Happy we decide to just say fuck it and write an LP" - Chris, April 2020