BIRP Best of 2019

BIRP Best of 2019 1

BIRP Best of 2019 2

1979

Words & music by Benedict Kupstas
Arranged with all the players

Taylor Bergren-Chrisman: upright bass, electric bass, piano, Hammond organ

Benedict Kupstas: voice, electric guitars, nylon-string guitar, field recordings, piano, Hammond organ, Omnichord, Magnus chord organ, Korg Lambda ES 50, Korg Monotron, Casio SK-1

Timothy Simmonds: electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, percussion

Booker Stardrum: drum kit, percussion, bag of chips

—with—

Hamilton Belk: pedal steel (1,3,5,7)

D. James Goodwin: Ace Tone Rhythm Ace (6); Korg M500 Micro-Preset (7)

Alex Greiner: voice on (7); Conrad Bison baritone guitar (8)

Phyllis Lee: voice (4)

Alex Lewis: electric guitar (5,6)

Angela Morris: tenor saxophone (4,5,6,8)

Jamie Reeder: voice (1,4,7,8); violin (1,5,7,8); Casio SK-1 (1)

Alena Spanger: voice (1,3,5)

Fred Thomas: Roland SH101 & Echoplex (6)

Engineered, mixed, & mastered by D. James Goodwin at The Isokon in Woodstock, NY

Additional recording by Shannon Fields, Alex Greiner, Benedict Kupstas, & Benjamin Ostendorf in bedrooms & living rooms in three of New York City’s five boroughs, & at Roughly Nowhere by Hamilton Belk

Album art & design by Julia Huete

This is Whatever's Clever #005
Thanks for your ears

Guessing at Animals

2:00 am

Drums - Ash Snook
Bass - Nina Himmelreich
Guitar Solo bit - George Rose

Haunted

A bunch of friends who make songs about people & places & plants & animals, with guitars & basses & drums & voices & keys & bows & arrows...

Guessing at Animals

Field Guides