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Carnavas
Release date: July 25, 2006
Label: Dangerbird Records
Personnel
Brian Aubert - Guitar, lead vocals
Nikki Monninger - Bass, lead vocals on "Little Lover's So Polite", backing vocals on "Melatonin", "Checkered Floor", "Lazy Eye", "Dream at Tempo 119"
Joe Lester - Keyboards, samplers
Chris Guanlao - Drums
Dave Cooley - Production
Tony Hoffer - Mixing
Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
Tom Biller - Engineering
Steven Rhodes - Engineering (additional)
Album art is by Darren Waterston . Cover is called "Summit", inlay is called "Becoming Tree". Layout by Sara Cumings.
#
Name
Length
Preview
1
Melatonin
4:04
2
Well Thought Out Twinkles
4:02
3
Checkered Floor
4:51
4
Little Lover's So Polite
4:58
5
Future Foe Scenarios
5:20
6
Waste it On
4:13
7
Lazy Eye
5:54
8
Rusted Wheel
6:00
9
Dream at Tempo 119
4:52
10
Three Seed
5:40
11
Common Reactor
6:01
*
Mercury
5:38
*
Table Scraps
6:18
Bonus tracks
"Mercury" found on the "Well Thought Out Twinkles" 7" . "Table Scraps" found on the "Future Foe Scenarios" 7" . Both included on the Japanese CD release of Carnavas , together on a 7" with certain releases of the vinyl , and with the MP3 downloads included with all vinyl releases.
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Swoon
Release date: April 14, 2009
Label: Dangerbird Records
Personnel
Brian Aubert - Guitar, lead vocals
Nikki Monninger - Bass, lead vocals on "It's Nice to Know You Work Alone", backing vocals on "Panic Switch", "Sort Of", "Substitution", "Catch and Release"
Joe Lester - Keyboards, samplers
Chris Guanlao - Drums
Dave Cooley - Production
Tony Hoffer - Mixing
Jason Gossman - Mixing (additional)
Will Canzoneri - String arrangements
Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
Steven Rhodes - Engineering
Jason Gossman - Engineering (additional)
Kristian Riley - Engineering (additional)
Album art is by Darren Waterston . Cover is called "St. Clair", inlay is two pieces, "Disembodiment Study" and "Reverberations". Layout by Sara Cumings.
#
Name
Length
Preview
1
There's No Secrets This Year
5:33
2
The Royal We
4:47
3
Growing Old is Getting Old
5:54
4
It's Nice to Know You Work Alone
4:46
5
Panic Switch
5:44
6
Draining
4:55
8
Sort Of
5:28
9
Substitution
4:41
10
Catch and Release
4:40
11
Surrounded (or Spiraling)
4:45
*
Ne Plus Ultra
5:14
*
Currency of Love
5:30
Bonus tracks
"Ne Plus Ultra" included with the non-US iTunes release of the "Panic Switch" single. "Currency of Love" found on Original Television Soundtrack: The Vampire Diaries .
The Seasick EP was recorded during the Swoon sessions.
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Better Nature
Release date: September 25, 2015
Label: New Machine Recordings
Personnel
Brian Aubert - Guitar, lead vocals
Nikki Monninger - Bass, lead vocals on "Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)" and "Tapedeck", backing vocals on "Pins and Needles" and "Nightlight", vibraphone
Joe Lester - Keyboards, samplers, drum machines, backing vocals on "Nightlight"
Chris Guanlao - Drums, percussion, backing vocals on "Nightlight" and "Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)"
Jacknife Lee - Production, engineering, instrumentation, backing vocals
Alan Moulder - Mixing
Caesar Edmunds - Mixing engineer
John Davis - Mastering
Esme Lee, Betsey Lee - Instrumentation, backing vocals (additional)
Matt Bishop - Editing, engineering
Photography by Rebekkah Drake, layout and design by Lawrence Azerrad.
#
Name
Length
Preview
1
Cradle (Better Nature)
5:20
2
Connection
4:33
3
Pins & Needles
4:42
4
Friendly Fires
5:28
5
Nightlight
4:28
6
Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)
3:49
7
Tapedeck
6:01
8
Latchkey Kids
3:41
9
Ragamuffin
6:00
10
The Wild Kind
6:36
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Widow's Weeds
Release date: June 7, 2019
Label: New Machine Recordings
Personnel
Brian Aubert - Guitar, lead vocals, keyboards
Nikki Monninger - Bass, backing vocals on "It Doesn't Matter Why", "Freakazoid", "Straw Man", "Widow's Weeds", "We Are Chameleons"
Joe Lester - Keyboards, samplers, drum machines
Chris Guanlao - Drums, percussion
Butch Vig - Production
Billy Bush - Mixing, engineering
Heba Kadry - Mastering
Matt Booker - Cello on "It Doesn't Matter Why", "Freakazoid", "Straw Man", "Simpatico"
Paul Cartwright - Violin on "It Doesn't Matter Why", "Freakazoid", "Straw Man", "Simpatico"
Matt Bishop - Editing, engineering
Photography by Claire Marie Vogel, layout and design by Lawrence Azerrad.
#
Name
Length
Preview
1
Neon Wound
5:38
2
It Doesn't Matter Why
4:08
3
Freakazoid
4:49
4
Don't Know Yet
4:24
5
Straw Man
3:04
6
Bag of Bones
4:58
7
Widow's Weeds
5:17
8
Songbirds
5:04
9
Simpatico
5:18
10
We Are Chameleons
5:09
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