Written by Nathan and Aaron Robbins. Entirely too chipper for its own good.

Nathan Robbins and Kevin Callahan tune from way back, arranged more or less as how I play it when I do my acoustic thing.

One of mine, with arrangement by Nathan Robbins. Well, he did it on piano, so I kinda copied his arrangement. And changed it. So, kind of Nathan-esque.

Written by Kurt Ares, James Lucier, and me (Randy) way back in like 1994. Ancient!

Older song, reworked string section, and now with a muted trumpet line by the phenomenal Sam Bunker.

Originally from 2000 or so, recorded on the old StarMax mac clone waaaay back. Redid just about everything in the intervening years, including new vocals today.

Another song, cleaned up from 2005

Frequent collaborator Bryn Corbett aka Particledots sent me manipulated electric piano tracks and I a returned a mix and stems with multiple Pro-One tracks from which he created the final mix. He wields a mean blender.

David Thomas sent me an electronic drum piece that had great space and possibilities to work with. I found myself working in a drone mode to counter his more active parts.

Michael Marquesen suggested that he was going to add manipulated vocals to whatever I sent him - so I left the melody pretty open but attempted to create a full range bed with percussive elements for him to wok with. Not having drums at my disposable…

After Chris recorded his guitar tracks for track two here - we jammed this little piece out direct to a Zoom H2 recorder with no overdubs or editing in post. Chris Cochrane is a gifted guitarist with a emotional and visceral approach to his instrument…

She's better than kittens.