The Long-Playing E.P.
Engineered and Produced by Ben H. Allen at Maze Studios in Atlanta, GA in the spring of 2009. We began by laying down an acoustic guitar and guide vocal, and then the band played together to those tracks until we found the arrangement for each song. The organic nature of the process enabled us to focus on the melody and the lyric. We kept overdubs to a minimum.
Mark Bencuya – Piano, Organ
?Mark Cobb - Drums, Percussion
Nicholas Niespodziani – Lead and Backing Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Peter Olson – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Horns on “Firefly” by David B. Freeman and Wes Funderburk. Additional vocals on “Honest Man” by Trina Meade and Stephani Parker.
Mastered by Glen Schick at Glen Schick Mastering in Atlanta, GA.
Assisted by Rob Gardner.
Photography by Gina Niespodziani. Album Art and Concept by the Niespodziani Siblings. (We took a long-exposure photograph of candles spinning on a record player. The image was not digitally manipulated in any way.)
1. Firefly (Niespodziani-Boyd)
2. Going Down Swinging (Niespodziani)
3. Honest Man (Niespodziani)
4. Moviekiss: The Lite Brite Remix (Niespodziani-Olson-Cobb-Park-Sonnicksen)
5. Beautiful Thing (Niespodziani-Olson-Cobb)
6. The Physics of Giving*** (Niespodziani)
7. Not a Dove** (Niespodziani-Olson-Cobb)
8. Second Chance*** (Niespodziani-Olson-Cobb)
9. Good Intentions* (Niespodziani-Olson-Cobb-Park-Sonnicksen)
10. Good Luck With That American Dream** (Niespodziani-Olson-Cobb)
11. Easy* (Niespodziani-Olson-Cobb-Park-Sonnicksen)
12. I Found You*** (Niespodziani-Olson-Cobb)
13. Break*** (Niespodziani)
* From “Y O U” (2003)
** From “Everything is Shifting” (2005)
*** From “Flashlights” (2007)
