Recorded by Nick Petersen at Track and Field.

This was our first recording--the Fall of 2003. It was named by Jennifer while we were driving back from Durham. The band started like this: I asked Matt and then Robert and Finn and then Ben. I was afraid Ben would say "No." In fact, he didn't respond to my email about playing and we were going to practice for the first time with RB on the drums, but we saw Ben the night before at the first show at the Nightlight (CGJ and Des Ark) and he said "Oh, hell yes," so then the next day we were complete and as we would always be.

Nick is a brilliant man who makes us sound better than we are.

"Bees" got a nice review in the Independent which pretty much was all I wanted. The original cover had Jennifer's dad on it.

"Bardstown": Maybe I can hold your hand; maybe we will see a fight--it is the small things that mean the most in life. Writing on the walls may be destructive, but it is also writing and therefore creative. Happiness is heartbreak is happiness, etc.

"Snowy": The first of AP's many non-fiction songs.

"Oh Register, Why Are You Crying?": The second, and by chance, our hit. The chords are a Belle and Sebastian rip off. The hook and lyrics were improvised one Saturday morning while laying in bed waiting to find out my LSAT results (you have to call them on a certain day and the lines were jammed with every nervous overacheiver in America). I didn't even get out of bed. I had the fourtrack (we are talking about the demo here) at the foot of the bed and I was in only my boxers, mic in hand. Register was a good cat who is missed.

"The Loud Half Hour": True, true, true. Rob M., who now resides at the Big House, bought a drumset called a TKO. Most people think we are referring to a Peavey TKO amp. And by most, I mean Bob Wall.

"Green Refuge": Back to theoretical lyrics. Here we discuss the difference bettween the pasions of the flesh and the passions of the spirit, and find that they are the same--everyone just wants to get touched. The outro is the summation and shows us that we've been trying to resolve this the wrong way.

"New Jacket": This is for everyone who has lost someone.
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Recorded by Nick Petersen at Track and Field.

This was our first recording--the Fall of 2003. It was named by Jennifer while we were driving back from Durham. The band started like this: I asked Matt and then Robert and Finn and then Ben. I was afraid Ben would say "No." In fact, he didn't ... Read More