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Track listing

#Melectric – 4:16 #I Say Fever - 4:27 #Clover - 5:22 #Russia - 3:14 #Going Once, Going Twice - 5:41 #Salt Sack - 3:55 #Boy Ant - 0:52 #Always Right - 4:53 #The Darkest Day - 4:12 #Bellyfulla - 3:36 #Diamond Shovel - 3:29

Recording Process

Knopf recorded and mixed the album in both

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, using places like The Whimsy Room, The Organ House, The Knitting Factory, Mouse Forest Studio, alongside churches, friends homes and practice rooms. In an interview with Come On Chemicals,Come On Chemicals Interview
/ref> Knopf stated about the process: The result on record was a truly collaborative effort, where each individual would bring their own interpretation. "The whole idea for asking people to come up with ideas is to try and create a space for happy accidents, and then to have those takes be amongst the takes to choose from when assembling composite tracks. So I’d say probably 20 percent was stuff that they had improvised, and 80 percent was stuff I knew I wanted, but they would often play off each other in ways I didn’t predict, so that was pretty cool. But for the most part I had a vision, I had a preconceived notion of what I wanted, but I also wanted to create a space for freedom, for some improvisation and some mistakes, because often in mistakes is where the best ideas are."

Personnel

*Brent Knopf - recording and mixing (tracks 1–10) *Jeff Stuart Saltzman - recording and mixing (track 11) *Alan Douches - mastering

References

{{Authority control Ramona Falls (band) albums 2009 debut albums