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Haale - No Ceiling


Price:  $14.99


"[Haale's] earnest blends of electric guitar, thoughtful lyrics, and vocal gymnastics borrow from both ancient song and the poetry of Persia. The surprise chestnut at the heart of the music is the dynamic, fiery delivery of Haale herself, whose voice is by turns deep and commanding, feather-light and breezy, and as rich and sensual as dark-chocolate fondue." -- FLAVORPILL

HAALE evokes both the spiritual and traditional culture of her parents' homeland of Iran, and the energy of psychedelic rock and roll from the sounds of New York City, where she was born. Her music and her message are formed by the powerful combination of these influences, invoking both a swaying trance and a rock sensibility she describes as "Psychedelic Sufi Trance Rock."

After seeing Haale at a club last fall, David Byrne invited her to be part of his Nonesuch Records-sponsored "One Note" series at Carnegie Hall. That show served to kick off a season of near continuous touring for the band, playing clubs, colleges, and festivals like South by Southwest in Austin, Bonnaroo in Tennessee and the MIMIFestival in Marseilles, France.

   


Albert Hammond Jr. - Como Te Llama? LP


Price:  $19.99


Albert Hammond Jr. is the 2008 NME Awards USA winner for Best Indie/Alternative Solo Artist. This is the follow up to Albert's critically acclaimed debut release Yours To Keep. NY Times says 'Albert writes phenomenal songs!' Spins proclaims 'Top shelf indie pop. 4 Stars' and Esquire picks it as the 2007 Esky Award winner for 'Best Solo Debut'. Albert Hammond, Jr. is a musician and member of the garage rock band, The Strokes for which he mostly plays rhythm guitar, but occasionally plays lead as well (eg. in "Last Nite").

   


Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew


Price:  $13.99


Sea Sew is a deeply poetic, subtly powerful debut from one of Ireland’s most promising and successful (already Platinum in Ireland – the only territory where this album has been released thus far) young voices. KCRW in Santa Monica is already on board, and Sea Sew is already top 20 at the station, without a label even servicing the record. As you know, Lisa Hannigan got her start in the USA by famously backing Damien Rice on his now-classic first album O, and on the subsequent tours he did across the country. Currently, Lisa and her band are opening the sold-out Jason Mraz tour (Lisa and Jason do at least one song per night together on stage during Jason’s set – a great introduction to his large fan base).

   


Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Live At Twist & Shout


Price:  $14.99


This indie-store only exclusive contains a CDC/DVD of Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, performing from the new album Lifeline at Twist and Shout on August 30, 2007. A must-have for any Ben Harper fan this holiday season (and beyond!)

Click here to watch a Youtube video of the performance.

   


Ben Harper - Shimmer & Shine 10


Price:  $3.99


10" vinyl with 2 tracks. "Shimmer" is our lead off single and 2nd track will be an exlusive non-album live track

   


Harvey Milk - The Pleaser LP


Price:  $23.99


Harvey Milk's final album, The Pleaser is a straight-up, riff- rock tour-de-force; replete with huge hooks, whiskey-and-cigarette vocals, wicked guitar solos, and all the swagger and conviction a true rock record should have. In a startling turn, following two of the most unique and challenging records of the 90's, this trio uncorked an indispensable collection of Big Rock Songs; the kind other bands work a lifetime to write but never do. Whereas Harvey Milk's first two outings showed the band creating their own twisted rock vision by harnessing the power of lush, noisy and painfully emotional heavy metal, The Pleaser finds the band channeling the spirits of Thin Lizzy, Kiss, and early ZZ Top to create a brutish, muscular canon of classic rock jams. And with this gem of a record (and it's accompanying live on the radio performance) Harvey Milk closed the door on the first, illustrious chapter in its legacy.

   


Harvey Milk – Anthem DVD


Price:  $19.99


44 song live documentary chronicling this band from their first shows in early 1993 to their recent stint of reunion shows. Shot almost entirely on broadcast quality television cameras (by a guy that worked in the business), Anthem is a mandatory release for any fan of the band or any fan of metal, avant-garde or plain old rock and roll.

The collector's package was lovingly designed by Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Khanate), with liner notes by Chunklet Magazine publisher Henry Owings and includes a 3" CD of four (yes! four!) unreleased Harvey Milk tracks with initial orders. Anthem will be a one- time pressing of 1,000.

Harvey Milk have a new full length planned on Troubleman Unlimited in September and a reissue of their seminal Courtesy And Goodwill Towards Men due out any day now on Relapse.

   


Hayden - The Place Where We Lived


Price:  $14.99


In 1996, Hayden performed both nights of Neil Young's annual Bridge School Concert. In 1998, Hayden toured North America with a full band in support of The Closer I Get. After the release of The Closer I Get, Hayden was bought out from his contract with Universal Records for a large sum of money. Full details have never become public.

In 2001 (and with no label support), Hayden very quietly distributed 100 hand-written, packaged and numbered copies of Skyscraper National Park to friends and independent record shops throughout Toronto. This was quickly followed by an additional 1,500 hand- numbered copies (this time with professionally printed liner notes). These copies were primarily sold at live shows. The critical success of these two limited-edition runs led to a full commercial release of the recording later that same year. In 2004, Hayden released his long awaited follow up album, Elk Lake Serenade, and toured North America with Oshawa's Cuff the Duke acting as his back-up band.

   


Heavy Heavy Low Low - Turtle Nipple and the Toxic Shock


Price:  $16.99


Never failing to intrigue, the title is a good representation of some of the wacky hijinx that will ensue when the album hits your CD player. Tells vocalist Robbie, "The whole album is really about having a good time. We're always out to just do what we enjoy, go out on the road and make weird music. The album is just a bunch of jokes about all of the random enjoyment we have had on tour."

   


Katie Herzig - Weightless


Price:  $8.99


From even the first note of a Katie Herzig tune, you know you've stumbled into something special. Maybe it's the way she juxtaposes lyrical playfulness with incredibly thoughtful depth and emotion. Maybe it's her stunning, delicately powerful voice. Doesn't really matter. The captivating effect is in full force. From her college days in the Boulder-based band Newcomers Home to her 2005 solo debut Watch Them Fall, Katie has always worked on tender acoustic renderings that reveal the emotional inner-workings of a seeker of truth and love.

Katie moved to Nashville in 2006 and offered up Weightless. From the delightful romps that kick it off, to the mesmerizing heart aches that slip in toward the end, it's a powerful journey that must be taken.

In support of Weightless, Katie has opened shows for The Fray and many others, while also making time for the PASTE Songwriters tour. To take matters even further, a cover of her song “Heaven’s My Home” (performed by The Duhks) was nominated for a 2007 Grammy for Best Country Performance! She has also had TV placements on various shows including "Grey's Anatomy," "Smallville" and “ER.”

   


David Hidalgo & Louie Perez - The Long Goodbye


Price:  $14.99


The Long Goodbye is a collection of previously unreleased recordings celebrating 40 years of songwriting by David Hidalgo & Louie Perez of Los Lobos. The songs range from acoustic American folk to classic country, showcasing just how deep American music is engrained in their influences.

David Hidalgo and Louie Perez started writing songs together when they were in high school, way before they ever became members of that group known as "just another band from East L.A.": aka Los Lobos. As the main songwriters in one of the world's most solid and long- lasting roots-rock enclaves, they've accumulated an outstanding collection of tunes.

"We started this musical conversation back in about 1970, and we haven't stopped talking," Perez says, sounding simultaneously amused and incredulous at the realization that it's been so long. "That's why it's important for us to explain how it's done; to sit down and say, 'Hey, this is us as songwriters, this is where it all starts.'"

   


David Hidalgo & Louie Perez - The Long Goodbye


Price:  $18.99


The Long Goodbye is a collection of previously unreleased recordings celebrating 40 years of songwriting by David Hidalgo & Louie Perez of Los Lobos. The songs range from acoustic American folk to classic country, showcasing just how deep American music is engrained in their influences.

David Hidalgo and Louie Perez started writing songs together when they were in high school, way before they ever became members of that group known as "just another band from East L.A.": aka Los Lobos. As the main songwriters in one of the world's most solid and long- lasting roots-rock enclaves, they've accumulated an outstanding collection of tunes.

"We started this musical conversation back in about 1970, and we haven't stopped talking," Perez says, sounding simultaneously amused and incredulous at the realization that it's been so long. "That's why it's important for us to explain how it's done; to sit down and say, 'Hey, this is us as songwriters, this is where it all starts.'"

"They're very cool songs," says Hidalgo. "You do get the impression that you're kind of looking at your graduation picture from high school, but there's something very honest about it."

   


Missy Higgins - Where I Stood EP


Price:  $4.99


Austrailian superstar Missy Higins is set to release her 2nd album, On A Clear Night, on Feb 26. Already 4x platinum in Australia, she built a strong base through touring on the strength of her 2005 debut. This EP features the single, a B-side, a Neil Finn cover, and a live track (“The Wrong Girl”).

The 23 year old singer/songwriter from Melbourne has enjoyed phenomenal success in her homeland in spite - or perhaps because - of shunning the usual synthetic packaging and tabloid tackiness. Instead she's adopted a more timeless approach, relying on her undeniable songs and unforgettable live performances to build a genuine and gimmick free connection with her audience.

Missy's new album, On A Clear Night, retains the hallmarks of her earlier work - irresistible melodies and “arrow through the heart” lyrics delivered by a voice that clearly means it. However, this time around the tracks benefit from the empathetic production of Mitchell Froom who helmed the first three Crowded House albums, as well as works by other quality artists such as Ron Sexsmith, Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney and the Finn Brothers.

   


Hockey - Too Fake 45


Price:  $3.99


Special pressing of 1K units; exclusive to Junketboy. First come, first served!!

   


Hockey - Learn to Lose 45


Price:  $3.99


Special pressing of 1K units; exclusive to Junketboy. First come, first served!!

   


Hold Steady - Live At Fingerprint's


Price:  $5.99


A collection of 5 acoustic tracks the band recorded last October at an exclusive in-store appearance at Long Beach, CA independent record store Fingerprints. This specially-priced EP is a *very* limited release - when it’s gone, it’s gone.

   


Homestar Runner - Strong Bad's Emails, Disc 5: Emails 131 through 160


Price:  $11.99


From the creators of Homestar Runner comes the next installment in the series of Strong Bad Emails DVDs. Disc 5 is packed full of over 2 hours of non-stop laughs as Strong Bad checks emails 131 through 160. Included are such classics as “candy product,” when Strong Bad creates his own outlandish candy bar, “bottom 10,” where he recalls his least favorite things, and “retirement,” when his two previous computers (the Tandy and the compy) return for one last email check. A never-before-seen email, commentary tracks, hidden easter eggs and other bonus material complete the total DVD experience that fans have come to expect from the class-act that is the brothers chaps.

   


Hot Chip (with Robert Wyatt and Geese) - Remix EP


Price:  $5.99


Despite their feverish schedule this year which took in numerous side projects, solo records, countless dancefloor-igniting remixes, production duties and, of course relentless touring (which culminated in their triumphal homecoming shows at Brixton Academy in November) that indefatigable, delightfully off-kilter four-headed electro pop colossus known as Hot Chip have somehow found the time to assemble a lovingly put together little present for their fans. And not only that, but they have managed to rope in the services of none other than the godfather of the experimental psych-prog world, Robert Wyatt and kindred mischievous electronic spirits Geese to help out as well.

Long recognised as one of the pioneers of avant-jazz rock, from his beginnings as a member of Soft Machine and through his collaborations with Scritti Politti and Syd Barrett, Robert Wyatt brings his quietly magical touch to 3 songs personally chosen from Hot Chip’s 2008 album Made in the Dark. The result – as recorded at Gallery Studios earlier this year – are several mutations of songs that are as delicate and whimsical as they are adventurous and distinctive, be it the quixotic cornet and jew’s harp on “Made in the Dark”, or Wyatt’s singular vocals and whistling on “Whistle for Will”, or the lush added effects and atypical arrangements on “We’re Looking for a Lot of Love”.

Meanwhile, Hot Chip’s old friends and collaborators Geese (aka Emma and Vince from The Elysian Quartet) also lent a hand, reworking the new, Robert Wyatt- assisted “We’re Looking…” while completely overhauling “One Pure Thought” from a straightahead floor shaker into something stranger, dreamier, but no less lovely. All in all, a deliciously unpredictable collaboration made in quirk-pop heaven.

   


Hot Chip - One Life Stand


Price:  $60.99


One Life Stand is Hot Chip's fourth album, joining a growing list of exciting releases on the 2010 docket. We've taken in "Take It In," today the nerdy/sexy/sweet electropop lads offer a listen of their senior set's (excellently titled) title track. They open it up the way Basement Jaxx might, spare bass and synth portending some sort of explosion, but then it turns to slick dance rock territory, the disco guitar, Joe Goddard's molasses-coated backing vocal, etc. The hook is sweet, because Hot Chip's got a way of mixing their booty shaking with genuine pathos. Alexis sings "I only want to be your one life stand / tell me do you stand by your man." It's a bit heavy for a club-floor come- on, but then Taylor's already spent an album sounding the warning, and another telling you he's ready for the floor.

   


Hot Hot Heat - Let Me In EP


Price:  $4.99


Hot Hot Heat fans rejoice! In addition to their latest release, Happiness Ltd., the band is releasing this 3-song EP exclusively through indie retail, which features two non-album tracks!

   


Charlie Hunter - Gentlemen, I Neglected...


Price:  $11.99


Charlie Hunter's latest recording effort, Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid, features the jaw- dropping guitarist alongside drummer Eric Kalb (Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, John Scofield) and a new horn section including trombonist Curtis Fowlkes (Jazz Passengers, Lounge Lizards, Bill Frisell), trombonist Alan Ferber (Don Byron, Kenny Wheeler) and trumpeter Eric Biondo (Antibalas, TV On The Radio). Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid marks Hunter's second full-length release on his independent label Spire Artist Media.

   


Charlie Hunter - Baboon Strength


Price:  $11.99


We recorded Baboon Strength at Trout Studio in Brooklyn. They have an old school set-up where everything happens in the same room, instruments, mixing desk, tape machine, everything. We recorded to 16 track two-inch tape before putting it in the digital realm (for those of you who are interested). Erik brought his 1970s Yamaha combo organ, Casiotone and Echoplex. His sonic aesthetic and abilities as an improviser are impeccable. Go Erik!

Tony played Trout's big ass bass drum, snare and toms. He also happens to be, in my opinion, the best pure pocket drummer I've ever heard. Science. In terms of groove and time it's his world, we live in it, act accordingly. Erik and I both concur that he gets the game ball for this record. I brought some decent songs and tried not to overplay. It's a never- ending process. Dave McNair did a hell of a job mixing and mastering the disc. Check out the fat drum sound on Difford- Tillbrook.

   


Hurricane Bells - Tonight Is The Ghost


Price:  $9.99


Tonight Is The Ghost, the debut album from the band Hurricane Bells, is a moody affair. A mix of somber undercurrents and chiming guitars, the album is at once plaintive and triumphant, bathed in echo and reverb. Yet there’s a looseness, hope, and soulfulness in its melancholic tempest; a late night thundershower with a new day on its heels.

   


I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business - World We Know


Price:  $11.99


6 months in the making and six years since the release of the last record, ever-evolving artist Ace Enders sets a release date for I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business. The new record entitled The World We Know is the follow-up to 2004’s self-titled record. This release marks the end of an era for Enders, and the start of a new decade fresh off west coast independent Drive-thru records.

   


Interpol - Our Love To Admire LP


Price:  $21.99


Our Love To Admire is at once unmistakably Interpol and undeniably new. The witty and perverse "No I In Threesome" is an upbeat ode to shaking up a staid relationship, propelled by Carlos D's peerless bass melody, while the tenderly observant "Pace Is the Trick" proves that the band are still the masters of the dramatic – check the painful pause right before the sinfully satisfying return of Sam's thundering drums and Daniel's ringing lead guitar. The band's impressively seductive evolution is obvious all over the record, but never more so than on tracks like "Mammoth," "Who Do You Think" and on the album's lyrical centerpiece, the ghostly "Rest My Chemistry.". Interpol is back, every bit as good as before but charged with a new spirit, a new direction, a new label and, most of all, a new confidence.

   


Interpol Live EP


Price:  $6.99


Interpol offer you a six-song live EP, recorded in Astoria, available exclusively at indie record stores nationwide!

Tracklisting:
Pioneer To The Falls
Obstacle 1
No I In Threesome
The Heinrich Maneuver
Mammoth
Rest My Chemistry

Also available: Our Love To Admire

   


Into the Presence - Into the Presence


Price:  $7.99


Ghosts of the past haunt any piece of art. With Into the Presence, the hauntings are twofold. To wit: the band’s debut album feels spiritually connected to the musically progressive era of the 70s (that’s “progressive” as in adventurous, not as in Emerson, Lake and Palmer). Then there’s the ghostly vibes -- literally -- that sprung up during the album’s recording. “We experienced some stuff in the studio,” admits drummer Tim Alexander (of Primus and A Perfect Circle fame), who recorded the record in his home studio in Arizona. “Some weird sightings, bottles of water freezing for no reason, whispers everywhere. Lots of interesting energy.”

   


Iron & Wine - Boy With A Coin (CD-Single)


Price:  $3.99


“Boy With A Coin” is the first single from the upcoming Iron & Wine album The Shepherd’s Dog, which is slated for release on September 25. It will be the first proper Iron & Wine album in 3 1/2 years, making it one of the most highly anticipated releases of the fall. The previous album Our Endless, Numbered Days has just exceeded the 200,000 scan mark. The two B sides are exclusive to this release, which is available exclusively to independent retail.

   


Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit - Live At Twist and Shout


Price:  $7.99


The third release bearing the “Live At Twist and Shout” moniker, and the quality just doesn’t let up. Former Drive-By-Trucker Isbell is a superb songwriter and a totally distinctive vocalist. His band The 400 Unit just tears it up and this release will prove that to a lot of people. Every time I have played this CD either alone, or at the store or for friends it has created a kind of mystical emotional gauze that fills the room with a warm honeyed hue. It really does make people stop and say “who is this guy? This is great.” The “Live At Twist And Shout” disc gives the most well-rounded view of this important artist yet. It contains 3 Drive-By Truckers songs, 2 songs from his great solo album Sirens of The Ditch and a spot-on cover of Van Morrison’s “Into The Mystic.” His choice of Van Morrison is appropriate because, at his best, Isbell occupies the same rarified space as Morrison. Southern fried instead of Celtic soul, but an artist who is capable of transporting the listener to a unique and special place. I have loved each of the Live at Twist releases, but this one could be the most important because it helps define a great artist. I highly suggest it to all.
Paul Epstein

   


Lee Johnson / Russian National Orchestra - Dead Symphony No. 6


Price:  $16.99


From Reuters Life: The Grateful Dead made their name playing improvisational music born anew with every performance, and now an American composer has sought to capture their psychedelic spirit in a classical symphony. Dead Symphony No. 6 by Lee Johnson encompasses some of the band's most familiar melodies and its most otherworldly jams in a work in 12 movements. The symphony is "a musical embrace of American culture" and a natural outgrowth of the band's spirit.

Highlights include movements based on the Dead's psychedelic classic "St. Stephen" and the rarely played "Mountains of the Moon." There is even an improvised portion, in the lament "Stella Blue." Johnson chose songs based on their melodic potential and overall fit. A movement based on the song "Here Comes Sunshine," for example, stretches the original melody in time so it is almost unrecognizable amid the harmonies. One ambitious movement was based on "Blues for Allah," which was played live only three times by the Grateful Dead. In Johnson's version, a clarinet's jaunty refrain evokes American composer George Gershwin, while deep cellos envelop the movement in its powerful Middle Eastern theme. The symphony's overture and finale include strains of "Funiculi Funicula," the much-parodied Italian song the Dead used often as a playful tune-up riff.

   


Freedy Johnston - My Favorite Waste Of Time


Price:  $13.99


The new all-covers album by Freedy Johnston is a rockin' sprint through ten classic love and love-esque songs by Marshall Crenshaw, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Matthew Sweet, and other deities. It was recorded in Nashville with legendary bassist Bob Babbitt, drummer Ed Greene, and a whole van-load of great guest musicians.

   


Daniel Johnston - Story of an Artist


Price:  $19.99


pecial package contains CD and art postcard with liner notes written by acclaimed art critic Carter Ratcliff. Packaged in collectable tin box. Limited edition - only 1,000 were made.

   


Rickie Lee Jones - Pop Pop double LP


Price:  $46.99


An eclectic collection of covers from one of jazz-pop's most eclectic performers, Pop Pop travels from the stage to tin pan alley through Jimi Hendrix's sky. Rickie Lee Jones cradles each of these songs with her pleading, gentle voice, backing them with subtle orchestration courtesy of notable performers including Robben Ford, Joe Henderson, and Charlie Haden. Her attention to love songs of the '40s and '50s demonstrates almost a longing for simpler times and simpler love, and these qualities are echoed in the treatment of songs like "My One and Only Love" and "I'll Be Seeing You." Her subdued take on the psychedelic Jimi Hendrix screamer "Up From the Skies" is slowed to a bluesy acoustic number, while the bratty refrain from Peter Pan's "I Won't Grow Up" seems blushingly sweet.

   


Will Kimbrough - Wings


Price:  $14.99


The songs on Wings invite the listener to comprehend the universe with a modern introspective eye. Exploring themes surrounding the conflict between family and career, love and work, parents and children, the music is based in classic folk rock, with touches of atmospheric guitar, cello, saxophone, trumpet, banjo and Hammond organ. "...penetrating portraits of compromise and vulnerability inspire heavy soul-searching. Eloquent lyrics and mood- conjuring instrumentation... a must for listeners seeking an enduring alternative to the ephemeral fluff ruling the airwaves." ~Entertainment Weekly

   


Diana Krall - Live in Paris double LP


Price:  $43.99


Recorded "live" at the Paris Olympia, Live in Paris offers listeners Diana Krall's understanding of the musical techniques of composition, piano, and vocal improvisation on 12 songs from the Great American Songbooks of Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, and contemporary artists Joni Mitchell and Billy Joel. Accompanied by the award-winning Anthony Wilson on guitar, John Pisano on acoustic guitar, John Clayton on bass, Jeff Hamilton on drums, and Paulinho Da Costa on percussion as well as the Orchestra Symphonies European on "Let's Fall in Love" and "I've Got You Under My Skin," the lovely vocalist heightens your listening pleasures with distinctive phrasings and tangible pathways to inside the creative imagination by getting inside harmony, the changes, and melodic structures.

   


Diana Krall - The Look Of Love double LP


Price:  $46.99


While there's no denying that jazz-pop star Diana Krall's movie-star good looks went a long way toward endearing her to mainstream America, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Just as undeniable are Krall's gifts as a pianist and singer. Far from a crass populist, she's a subtle, nuanced performer who approaches her craft with an excess of skill and knowledge. This is apparent from the very beginning of The Look Of Love, when Krall tackles the overly familiar Gershwin chestnut "S'Wonderful" not the way countless jazz singers have done in preceding decades, but in a style influenced by Joao Gilberto, who recorded the tune years before in a simmering bossa nova mode. This marriage of canny craft and artistic inspiration is repeated again and again throughout the album. Most of the songs here have been trotted out countless times by Krall's contemporaries and predecessors, but her thoughtful phrasing and low-key dynamic shifts match her unhurried, pastel piano style on each tune to bring out something special at the song's core.

   


Kuroma - Paris


Price:  $7.99


Hank Sullivant, formerly of MGMT and The Whigs, is proud to unveil his debut material in a project called Kuroma. Part rock n roll and part experimentation, Kuroma is a fully realized sound showcasing the many talents and interests of a gifted songwriter. A spirited reinvention of past rock 'n roll stylings, Paris is soulful and celebratory with a pop potency that invites a closer listen.

   


Ben Kweller - How Ya Lookin’ Southbound?


Price:  $7.99


BK's first studio recordings since the 2006 critically-acclaimed self titled release. This limited edition 7-track EP provides an exclusive teaser / warm-up for Kweller's upcoming and highly-anticipated January 2009 full-length release entitled Changing Horses. Three of the songs on this EP, "Fight", "Things I Like To Do", and "Sawdust Man" will appear on the January 09 release. Kweller is back in terrific form on this catchy and melodic offering: he stays true to his quirky folk-pop sensibilities. BK also stretches out and injects dusty, and charming twang and Americana into each composition. The EP was produced by Kweller in Austin, TX and recorded to all analog tape. It features his band "The Great Lakes"...who turn in amazing harmonies, smoldering pedal steel and dobro performances, and lend Leon Russell-esque piano bounce. Also, BK managed to weave in some spooky and compelling field recordings that segue's a handful of songs.