recorded between january 16th and february 3rd at the lincoln county social club under the guidance of chris stringer and the distant wisdom of john dinsmore. there were a few additional days in march there but those don't really count...we just wanted to hang out some more and finish reading the books we had started and left on john's shelves. as is true of any artistic undertaking, there are times when you ask yourself "what in the name of sweet jalnorr am i doing?" the answer is that it doesn't matter what you're doing, but that you're doing it. well, we did it, but not without a significant amount of assistance and support. to that end the young novelists would like to thank eileen, lara, and eva for their patience; the strumbellas, peter katz, shawn clarke & the green hearts, the fires of, the maladies of adam stokes, parks & rec, and myke mazzei for sharing the stage with us on occasion; preetam sengupta and the LAMA (letting artists make art) team for the kind words, the good vibes, and the hard work; amie therrien for performing the labours of hercules on a fortnightly basis; meghan gamble and theresa micallef for their unflappable awesomeness in the face of publicity; and, chris stringer for yelling at us. music doesn't really matter much without an audience. thank you for listening. please note that unauthorized reproduction of this work is highly encouraged. share all you want. credits released 11 September 2012 all songs written & arranged by graydon james & the young novelists the band: alex dodd - keyboards graydon james - vocals, acoustic guitar shawn jurek - vocals, bass john law - electric guitar mike paddags - drums laura spink - vocals additional players: chris stringer - general mayhem jaron freeman-fox - violin & cello joshua van tassel - additional drums jalnorr klezmigond - omnichord shreddin' jack peugelatt - handclaps eva o'brien, eileen paddags, leah hunter, tess benger, charles tilden, allan raun, amber raun, lara martin, erin schildermans - group vocals on "in your defence" string arrangements by jaron freeman-fox produced, engineered, & mixed by chris stringer at the lincoln county social club mastered by jeff elliot (fedge mastering) management - amie therrien (balsam pier music) photography by emily maureen and liz gareri design by adam therrien we acknowledge the financial support of the government of canada through the department of canadian heritage (canada music fund) and canada's private radio broadcasters.