''A Place Where Runaways Are Not Alone'' is the sixth studio album by American indie-folk, gypsy-punk group

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. It was recorded by band leader

Tyler Hentschel Tyler Benjamin Hentschel (born December 16, 1982), sometimes known as Dr Folklore, or Rev Folklore is an American performer who is best known for his work as the lead singer, guitarist, and lyricist/composer of the group Insomniac Folklore. He ...

while in

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at a friends recording studio and released on May 13, 2011 on BD Recs, an independent label based out of St Louis. The albums drums were tracked out of Viking Camel Studio in

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. Other parts were recorded remotely in Portland and Scotland and later mixed in St Louis. in The album artwork shows a girl facing a circus ten with a cross on top. Art and layout was created by

. On

's website Hentschel says; "We were not expecting to make this album. Really it came out of nowhere. The plan was to follow up last year's L.P. by starting production on our violent and beautiful concept album Hands, Lips & Eyes but somewhere along the way things went wonderfully wrong." Then talks about what to do with these new songs "One night I was racking my brain about the direction of this project and Adrienne threw a couple of ridiculous seeming ideas my direction. We laughed about the ideas for a bit but then I thought about it... A church that is a circus. Tongue in cheek meets serious. No, This is the direction this album needs to go... I ran with it." Daniel Otto Jack Petersen of the

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, wrote and performed

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on "For Certain Serpent Servants" and "World Without End."

Track listing

Personnel

; Insomniac Folklore *

– Vocals, Guitar, Organ, lyricist, composer, songwriter * Amanda Curry – Bass, backing vocals * Adrienne Michelle – Backing vocals,

* Lisa Barfield – Violin * Joshua Hedlund –

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* John David Van Beek – Accordion * Danielle Maes – Violin, backing vocals * Ayden Simonatti – Drums * Dennis Childers – Bass ; Additional personnel * Daniel Otto Jack Petersen – Spoken word * Kevin Schlereth – Drums * Jessica, Kevin and Maddie Schlereth – Group vocals

References

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