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Recorded
  
December 2007

Release date
  
17 June 2008

Label
  
Team Love Records

Artist
  
Tilly and the Wall

Producer
  
Mike Mogis

Genres
  
Indie pop, Indie rock

Released
  
June 17, 2008 July 22, 2008 (LP)

Similar
  
Bottoms of Barrels, Wild Like Children, Heavy Mood, Woo!

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o is Tilly and the Wall's third studio album, released on June 17, 2008 through Team Love Records. The album was engineered and produced by Mike Mogis.

Contents

The album was released on August 30, 2008 in Australia by Dew Process.

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Content

o was preceded by the Beat Control EP, which featured the title track and "Cacophony". "Beat Control" is not included on the album, although "Cacophony" is. The first single, "Pot Kettle Black", was available to download for free from the band's official website and the Spin website. The music video premiered on Stereogum. "Chandelier Lake" and "Too Excited" were performed at various live shows prior to the album's release, including Daytrotter. The track listings initially announced for o had "Jumbler" as the title for "Alligator Skin".

Album title and artwork

The album's track listing and release date was announced on March 21, 2008. However, the album was untitled. Tilly and the Wall leaned towards naming the album o, due to its oval-shaped frame for the artwork. The album's title was officially confirmed as o on May 6, when the band posted pre-order information on their official website. The oval-shaped frames include fan-submitted artwork and handmade prints by various artists.

Track listing

All songs by Tilly and the Wall

  1. "Tall Tall Grass" – 2:57
  2. "Pot Kettle Black" – 2:50
  3. "Cacophony" – 2:27
  4. "I Found You" – 2:36
  5. "Alligator Skin" – 2:20
  6. "Chandelier Lake" – 4:16
  7. "Dust Me Off" – 2:56
  8. "Falling Without Knowing" – 3:05
  9. "Poor Man's Ice Cream" – 2:33
  10. "Bloodflower" – 3:12
  11. "Too Excited" – 3:16
  12. "Heartbeats" – 2:58 (bonus track)

The UK edition featured the single Beat Control instead of Heartbeats as a bonus track.

Additional musicianship and credits

  • Jill Becker – stomps (2, 9)
  • Clark Baechle – programming (8)
  • Mason Brown – guitar (1, 6, 11)
  • Julia Bryson – stomps (2, 9), group vocals (4, 9, 11)
  • Craig Dee – drums (2–4, 6, 7, 10, 11)
  • Elsa Fellows – stomps (2, 9), taps (3)
  • Tyler Hottovy – trombone (4)
  • David Matysiak – guitar (11), group vocals (4, 9, 11)
  • Mike Mogis – bass (2, 3, 9, 10), keyboards (2, 4, 6–8), electric guitar (4, 5, 7, 8), talkbox guitar (2, 7), percussion (3, 5, 6, 9), Mellotron (4, 6), bells (5), chimes (6), glockenspiel (9), additional programming (8)
  • Dan McCarthy – accordion (9)
  • Darci Pressnall – stomps (2, 9)
  • Chris Senseney – trumpet (3–5)
  • Ian Simons – saxophone (3, 5)
  • Nate Walcott – trumpet (7)
  • Breanne Wilkinson – stomps (2, 9), taps (3)
  • Nik Fackler, Karl Houfek Elle Lien, Branden Rapp, Chris Rivera, Kacynna Tompsett – group vocals (4, 9, 11)

    • Recorded and produced by Mike Mogis at ARC Studios, December 2007
    Engineering assistance by Ian Aeillo
    Mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering, February 2008
    Layout by Jadon Ulrich

    Songs

    1Tall Tall Grass2:58
    2Pot Kettle Black2:50
    3Cacophony2:27

    References

    O (Tilly and the Wall album) Wikipedia
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