Limited to 275 copies, this record is housed in a numbered hand-screened jacket and includes a unique 10" archival print of one of 50 photographs taken by the artists. Sound, texture, improvisations and alchemy: guitars, amplifiers, pedal effects, and a small handheld coil of copper with flared compression fittings. Guitars tuned as closely as possible to clusters of notes found in the sounds of oiled machine-friction, far away dogs and passing traffic. Craig Ross has worked with Lisa Germano, Spoon, Patty Griffin, Califone, Robert Plant, Shearwater, Daniel Johnston, made music for films by Steve Buscemi and Terence Malick and has released 2 solo albums "Dead Spy Report" and "The Greater Good". Tim Rutili is a musician, filmmaker and visual artist. Founder and principle songwriter for Califone and Red Red Meat. He has composed and collaborated on music for many feature films and documentaries and contributed to albums by Loftus, Boxhead Ensemble, Ugly Casanova, Joan of Arc, Brian Reitzell, Modest Mouse, Sage Francis and Fruit Bats among others.
