''When I Pretend to Fall'' is the second album by

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...

band

The Long Winters The Long Winters are an American indie rock band based in Seattle, Washington. History Singer-songwriter John Roderick was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He later returned to Seattle, where he formed the Bun Fa ...

. It was released on

Barsuk Records Barsuk Records ( ) is an independent record label based in Seattle, Washington, that was founded by the members of the band This Busy Monster, Christopher Possanza and Josh Rosenfeld, in 1998 to release their band's material. Its logo is a draw ...

in 2003.

Track listing

# "Blue Diamonds" – 3:49 # "Scared Straight" – 4:17 # "Shapes" – 4:03 # "Cinnamon" – 4:12 # "Bride and Bridle" – 3:32 # "Blanket Hog" – 6:06 # "It'll Be a Breeze" – 2:59 # "Stupid" – 4:01 # "Prom Night at Hater High" – 4:06 # "New Girl" – 2:31 # "The Sound of Coming Down" – 3:51 # "Nora" – 4:22

Band members

With the exception of one tour in 2003, when

Ken Stringfellow Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow (born October 30, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer. Best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star, Stringfellow's discography include ...

temporarily replaced

Sean Nelson Sean Nelson (born June 12, 1973) is an American musician and journalist. He was the lead singer of the alternative rock group Harvey Danger and is the arts editor for '' The Stranger'' newspaper in Seattle, Washington. Music career Nelson i ...

(and The Long Winters became Stringfellow's backing band), The Long Winters' lineup remained as follows from 2002-early 2004. * John Roderick – vocals, guitar, keyboards, lap steel, tambourine, loops *

– vocals, keyboards * Michael Shilling – drums * Eric Corson – bass, accordion

Additional Players (alphabetically, by track)

Jon Auer Jonathan Paul "Jon" Auer (born September 29, 1969) is an American musician who co-founded the power pop band The Posies, along with Ken Stringfellow. Auer and Stringfellow also participated in the rejuvenated Big Star and in 2003 released ''Priv ...

– electric guitar (2) *

Peter Buck Peter Lawrence Buck (born December 6, 1956) is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M. He also plays the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs. Throughout his car ...

– mandolin (4) * Chris Caniglia – keyboards (3, 11) * Dave Carter – trumpet (2) * Katrina Cordi – violin (6) * Jennifer Falkner – vocals (10) * Craig Flory – tenor sax (2) * Nathan Harrison – cello (6) * Kerry Downing Johnson – viola (6) *

Scott McCaughey Scott Lewis McCaughey is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5. He was also an auxiliary member of the American rock band R.E.M. from 199 ...

– boomerang harmonica (5) * Sean Ripple – vibraphone (12) * Bart Roderick – organ, piano (4, 9, 10) * Steve Scalfati – alto sax (2) *

Mike Simpson Michael Keith Simpson (born September 8, 1950) is an American politician and former dentist serving as the U.S. representative for since 1999. The district covers most of the eastern portion of the state, including Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Sun ...

– French horn (1) * Sarah Standard – viola (9) *

– vocals, piano, kurzweil, bass (1, 2, 4, 6, 8) * Megan Thompson – vocals (10) *

Chris Walla Christopher Ryan Walla (born November 2, 1975) is an American musician, record producer, and film music composer, best known for being a former guitarist and songwriter for the band Death Cab for Cutie. Musical career Early bands While at Bot ...

– guitars (2, 11) *

Christa Wells Christa Nichole Wells (''née'', Rogers; born August 23, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, who primarily plays an indie pop style of music. She has released two full-length independently-made studio albums, ''Frame the Clouds'' in 2009 and ...

– vocals (4) *

Blake Wescott Blake Wescott is a musician from Seattle, Washington, who was formerly lead guitarist for David Bazan's band. Often noted as a drummer for Pedro the Lion, and for his co-writing, production, backing vocals, and multiple instrumentation on former ...

– tambourine (3, 8, 11) * Stephanie Wicker – vocals (4) * Gloria Wu – vocals (10)

Other information

* Track 9, "Prom Night at Hater High" is also the title of a

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episode from season 4. * The album's title comes from track 8 "Stupid". * The indie rock band

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parodied the album's cover art, among several others, on its 2011 release '' Dress Like Your Idols''.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:When I Pretend To Fall The Long Winters albums 2003 albums Barsuk Records albums