Patent Pending (album)
Patent Pending is the only album by Heavens, a side project formed by Matt Skiba, vocalist and guitarist for Alkaline Trio, and Josiah Steinbrick of F-Minus.
The duo are accompanied on the album by a number of accomplished musicians, including The Mars Volta's Isaiah "Ikey" Owens.Track listing
All songs by Heavens except where noted
- "Gardens" – 3:05
- "Counting" – 3:39
- "Heather" – 3:53
- "Patent Pending" – 3:45
- "Dead End Girl" – 4:58
- "Doves" – 0:56
- "Another Night" – 3:36
- "Annabelle" – 3:53
- "Watching You" – 4:14
- "True Hate" – 5:16
- "Leave" – 4:45
Production
- Produced by Ben Lovett and Heavens
- Engineered by Ben Lovett at Sunny Heights
- Mixed by Ryan Hewitt
- Assisted by George Gumbs
- Mixed at Paramount Recording, Los Angeles and Encore Studios, Burbank
- Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering
- String engineering by Dana Neilsen and Donnie Whitbeck
- String arrangement by Amanda Course, Todd Simon and Ben Lovett
- Art direction and design by Nick Pritchard
- Photography by Bryan Sheffield
Additional musicians
- Matthew Compton: drums, percussion, piano
- Adam Zuckert: additional drums
- Isaiah "Ikey" Owens: organ
- Erica Daking: backing vocals
- Ben Lovett: drum programming, rhodes, synth, wurlitzer, percussion, noise, backing vocals, additional vocals and guitar on "Dead End Girl"
- Julie Carpenter: violin
- Marina Hall: violin
- Paloma Udovic: violin
- Amanda Course: viola
- Mia Barcia-Colombo: cello
- Ana Lenchantin: cello
Samples
- at Epitaph.com
