Is Survived By

Details:

Released July 30, 2013

Elliot Babin - Drums, Piano
Jeremy Bolm - Vocals
Tyler Kirby - Bass
Clayton Stevens - Guitar
Nick Steinhardt - Guitar

Julia Blake - Vocals on "Blue Angels"
Jon Simmons - Vocals on "Steps"

Produced / Engineered / Mixed by Brad Wood
Recorded at Seagrass Studios in Valley Village, CA
Mastered by Hans DeKline

Photography by Ryan Alysworth
Art Direction and Design by Nick Steinhardt

TRIVIA:

1. For the album packaging / cover photo, Nick wanted to contrast the nostalgic feeling of a vintage tintype/cyanotype photograph with a brighter, more celebratory spin. No standard metallic PMS swatch had the positive/negative reflective quality Nick was looking for, so a technique called a “dry pass” was used. Metallic silver ink was laid down, each sheet of paper was taken off the presses to dry for 72 hours, then loaded back on and printed with a 100% fluorescent ink on the background + a tint of 60% fluorescent ink over the photograph.

2. The cover photograph was taken on the Sixth Street bridge next to our old practice space, representing our connection to Los Angeles and the view we enjoyed for years while writing and rehearsing. While digging through recent family photos, Nick found that this bridge can also be seen in the background of paternal grandparents’ first date at Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights.

3. Furthering the theme of reflection on things coming to an end, this bridge has since been demolished, and the entire rehearsal building was bought up by the Soho House and turned into a luxury meeting place / members only club for the “creative” elite.