tracks b1 acoustic guitar Matt Popieluch
artwork by [design], photography Aaron Brown
artwork by [design], photography CM
artwork by [layout] Ben Chappell
artwork by [paintings] Albert Herter
tracks a3, a4, a5, b1, b2 bass Luke Top
tracks a3, a4, a5, b1 drums Garrett Ray
tracks a1, a2, b2, b4, b5 drums Orpheo McCord
tracks b1, b2 electric piano, vocals Matt Popieluch
engineer Cass McCombs
engineer Luke Top
engineer, mastered by Jerry DiRienzo
layout Claire Lin
mixed by Andrew Scheps
tracks a1, a2, b2, b3, b4, b5 percussion Orpheo McCord
tracks a1 performer [lion roaring] Natalie Conn
tracks a1 [intro] performer [perfection car alarm], bass, guitar Cass McCombs
tracks a1 [intro] performer [perfection car alarm], bass, guitar Trevor Shimizu
tracks a1 theremin Rob Barbato
tracks b1, b2 vocals Luke Top
tracks b4 vocals Travis Graves
vocals, guitar, piano, bass, performer [card-shuffling, misc], written-by Cass McCombs
Record comes with a printed inner sleeve and a lyric insert.
Studios: Hot Pie and Die Sect, both Pasadena, CA, throughout 2006.
Mastered at Fantasy, Berkeley, CA.
Purple heart, grasshopper exoskeleton, drugs and dead bees found on front porch.
Cicadas recorded in Baltimore, MD summer 2004