Artist Chris Walla Label Barsuk Records | Release date 29 January 2008 Genre Indie rock | |
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Released 29 January 2008
2 February 2008 Recorded Grouse Lodge, Co Westmeath, Ireland Producers Chris Walla, Warne Livesey Similar Tape Loops, You Can Play These Songs wit, Something About Airplanes, Narrow Stairs, The Orchard | ||
Chris walla field manual full album
Field Manual is the debut solo album by Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla, released on January 29, 2008 on Barsuk Records. This is Walla's first album under his own name. It was previously speculated that Walla may use a moniker, most likely Martin Youth Auxiliary, under which to release the album.
Contents
The album was originally named It Is Unsustainable.
Release
Walla originally announced on his Hall of Justice Recording site that the album would be released in March 2007, but Field Manual was pushed back to September 2007. The album was then set for a later release date of January 29, 2008. The record was released in Australia via Architecture, the same label that released three Death Cab for Cutie albums. Warne Livesey co-produced the album with Walla.
All tracks performed by Chris Walla, except drums on 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 by Kurt Dahle (of The New Pornographers); drums on songs 3, 7, and 11 by Jason McGerr (of Death Cab for Cutie)
Track listing
- "Two-Fifty" - 3:31
- "The Score" - 2:58
- "Sing Again" - 2:31
- "A Bird Is a Song" - 3:08
- "Geometry &C" - 3:07
- "Everyone Needs a Home" - 3:06
- "Everybody On" - 3:17
- "Our Plans, Collapsing" - 3:56
- "Archer v. Light" - 3:06
- "St. Modesto" 4:27
- "It's Unsustainable" - 5:56
- "Holes" - 2:40
- "Every Tic" (Australian Bonus Track)
- "Like a Spark" (Australian Bonus Track)
Bonus tracks
Copies pre-ordered from the Barsuk shop before February 4, 2008 received three downloadable non-album MP3 bonus tracks.
- "Like a Spark" - 4:31
- "Sing Again (2006 Demo)" - 2:32
- "Our Plans, Collapsing (2006 Demo)" - 3:47
Songs
1Two-Fifty3:31
2The Score2:58
3Sing Again2:31