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. Band members Mitchell and Littleton performed songs from the album on the NPR newsmagazine show ''

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Track listing

Personnel

;Musicians * Jean Cook – violin *

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– drums on "First Light" * Michael Hurley – wurlitzer on "Worried Mind", viola on "Blue Clouds" * Ruth Keating – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, melodica, shruti box * Daniel Littleton – guitar, percussion, piano, harmonium, viola * Elizabeth Mitchell – guitar, harmonium, wurlitzer *

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– guitar, drums *

Jane Scarpantoni Jane Scarpantoni (born 1960)https://www.myheritage.com/names/jane_scarpantoni is a classically trained American cello player who has played on a number of alternative rock albums. She was a member of Hoboken, New Jersey's Tiny Lights in the mid-1 ...

– cello * Karla Schickele – bass, wurlitzer, tambourine, piano * Matt Sutton – guitar, pedal steel guitar ;Technical personnel *

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– producer, engineer, mixing * Justin Guip – engineer, mixing * Sean Price – engineer * Daniel Littleton – engineer * Greg Calbi – mastering *

– art * Silver Mountain Media – design

References

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