Recorded August 2003 in Milwaukee, WI. Our keyboardist Adam Beeby’s childhood friend Barry Johnston recorded us at Axis Studios. We played our first out-of-town show at the Record Exchange in Raleigh, NC, and left immediately after the show to drive through the night to Milwaukee. This was our ....

“In Your Boombox” was recorded in October 2003 by hanging a microphone on a ceiling fan. It was the easiest way to capture our songs to tape, and we immediately fell in love with the way it sounded.

-- William Cashion (Future Islands), June 2010

* = previously unreleased

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The quintessential Art Lord album. This was recorded at what I consider the peak of Art Lord’s career. It was recorded on February 29 (Leap Day) 2004, at Sam & Gerrit’s house. “Pineapple Smile” is one of my favorite Art Lord songs.

-- William Cashion (Future Islands), June 2010

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We named this one "Snail" after the fake Cure album of the same name. We re-recorded “Bouncing Away” and “Skeleton” for this album, but I think the originals sound way better. Every song was recorded twice onto four-track, and then we put the two together... so everything on this album is doubled. ....