Originally Stoermer had no intentions of releasing the collection of songs to the public. The album was written and recorded over the span of two years, beginning with writing in hotel rooms and recording demos on a laptop. "As I was writing, I wasn't really sure where it was going. At first, I didn't even know I was making a record. I was just making demos and playing with ideas.. I worked on the songs off and on for about a year and a half. Some of the songs started to develop at the end of 2009, but some weren't written until the beginning of last year. At the end of the last Killers tour, I was writing in hotel rooms with a laptop and GarageBand. I'd hum little melodies and lyrical ideas into a Dictaphone. I spent a good deal of our break figuring out how to write and record these songs."
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Mark Stoermer
Digital bonus tracks
Personnel
Weary Soul Mark Stoermer – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, Percussion, Harmonica Jason Hill – Electric Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, Percussion Glenn Moule – Drums Percussion Shadow in a Dream Mark Stoermer – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion Glen Moule – Tambourine Everyone Loves The Girl Mark Stoermer – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Keyboard Joel Stein – Acoustic Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar Glen Moule – Drums Percussion Need a Hand Mark Stoermer – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Wurlitzer Piano Glenn Moule – Drums, Percussion Amber Bough Mark Stoermer – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Jason Hill – Synthesizer Alex Carepetis – Drums The Way We Were Before Mark Stoermer – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboard, Electronic Drum Programming Glen Moule – Drums, Percussion, Vocals Joel Stein – Lap Steel Guitar, Piano The Haunts Mark Stoermer – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboard Joel Stein – Lap Steel Guitar, Piano Glenn Moule – Drums, Percussion No Time Mark Stoermer – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Keyboard Joel Stein – Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals Glen Moule – Drums, Percussion There Is No Is Mark Stoermer – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboard, Percussion, Electronic Drum Programming, Piano Glen Moule – Percussion Bird sound sample courtesy of Rhett Boswell, Wildlife Biologist Another Life Mark Stoermer – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Joel Stein – Electric Guitar, Piano, Lap Steel Guitar Glenn Moule – Drums, Percussion Weary Soul String and Horn transcription by Nadia Nasedkin –––––– All Songs by Mark Stoermer Universal-Polygram Int. Publ., Inc. Produced By Mark Stoermer, Joel Stein and Glenn Moule except Weary Soul and Amber Bough produced by Jason Hill and Mark Stoermer Engineered by Robert Root Additional Engineering by Jason Hill, Joel Stein and Mark Stoermer Mixed by Robert Root Mastered by Bob Ludwig Recorded at Battle Born, Ulysses and home studios in LV and SF Front and Back photos by Heather Hyte Inside Photo by Wyatt Boswell
