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Recorded in January 2024 at Betty’s in Orange County, NC Alli Rogers engineered, mixed, played the Echoplex, bells, and sang harmony Oliver Child-Lanning played bass, shruti, organ, piano, trash can lid, minilogue, cassette recorder, sang harmony, and cooked all the meals Avery Sullivan played drums, nylon guitar, and sang harmony Libby Rodenbough played fiddle and sang harmony Luke Norton played Wurlitzer and electric guitar Natalie King sang harmony and designed the record + cover Aaron Dowdy sang harmony Peter Lewis sang harmony Justin Morris wrote the songs and played guitar, piano, synth, kalimba, field recorded, and sang lead vocals Frank Meadows played fiddle drones and upright bass Woody Rogers-Auten barked Sara Stewart played saxophone Andrew Weathers mastered it ‘Zillow’ borrows elements from the song ‘Battering Ram’ by Fust, most recently released by Dear Life Records on ‘Songs of the Rail’, 2024 The text from ‘Unknowing’ comes from ‘The Merton Prayer’ in ‘Thoughts in Solitude’ by Thomas Merton, published 1956, made known to Justin by Jules Whitten The field recording at the end of the track was recorded on the grounds of The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Nelson County, Kentucky by Justin Morris in Fall 2023 Special thanks to: Timm Donohue and Andrew Stocker for guiding this record into reality, and to Elijah Wolf and Mountain Laurel for giving it a loving home Alli Rogers for her flawless engineering and commitment to keeping us fiercely silly in studio Natalie King for the gorgeous cover design and LP layout, based on a detail from ‘St Anthony Abbot and St Paul the Hermit’, 1635 by Diego Velázquez Tyler Fitch for the loan of his EQD Sunn Life Pedal, used on many tracks Hadley Cockrell and Scott Spransy for the use of their guitars Wiedem Bois for his deep spiritual guidance and assistance in daily breathwork Wren for being a very good girl The whole Betty’s team for welcoming us into their space to play and sleep and shoot arrows and make a record Our families, friends, and partners for obvious extremely important reasons Released via Mtn Laurel Recording Co