released July 23, 2022

Kevin Buckholdt | drums
Hester Doyle | cello, voice
Craig Garrett | bass guitar
Adrina Marie | violin, voice
Greg Svitil | guitar, piano, voice

Words and music by Greg Svitil
Arr. Buckholdt, Doyle, Garrett, Marie, Svitil

To Have and to Hold
Teething Veils | 6
Etxe Records & Productions | 29
Recorded and mixed by Don Godwin at Tonal Park | Takoma Park, MD
January 8-12, 2022
Mastered by James Plotkin at Plotkinworks | Bethlehem, PA

Artwork by Adam de Boer
Sleeve design by Craig Garrett

Special thanks to Erin Frisby and Kate Oczypok

Ruby's Restaurant

The Well Ran Dry

Between A Niche And A Ditch

The Poor Clare Monastery

The Eulogist

The Castaway

I'm Waiting For My Love To Sleep

To Have And To Hold

Baltimore Broommaker

Hannah Burris | viola
Alexia Kauffman | cello
Greg Svitil | guitar, voice

Words and music by Greg Svitil

Arr. Burris, Kauffman, Svitil

Out Of Caverns Into Snow

Krys Baker | accordion, clarinet, flute, saxophone, trumpet 
Kevin Buckholdt | drums and percussion 
Hannah Burris | viola 
Alejandro Castaño | orchestral chimes, piano 
Craig Garrett | bass guitar 
Kris Kagei | voice 
Alexia Kauffman | cello 
Greg Svitil | celesta, glockenspiel, guitar, mandolin, voice 

“By the Way” orchestral arrangements by Alejandro Castaño; played by the Teething Veils Orchestra with additional violins by Claire Guidry-White, Annie Miller, Tiffany Schoneboom, and Winston Yu; additional viola by Winston Yu; harp by Richard Bailey; oboe and banjo by Danielle Zeis 

“The Human You Were” guitars, organs, and piano played by The Sea of Veils: Kevin Buckholdt, Alejandro Castaño, Kevin Erickson, Craig Garrett, Carolina Mayorga, and Greg Svitil 

“Dinner Date” additional saxophone by Glen Kerridge 

“Allover Fainting” organ by Mariko Hiller; slide guitar by Daniel Suhre; additional voices by the Allover Chorale: Hannah Burris, Kevin Erickson, Kris Kagei, Catherine Lewis, Annie Miller 

Words and music by Greg Svitil 
Arr. Baker, Buckholdt, Burris, Castaño, Erickson, Garrett, Kauffman, Kagei, Svitil 

Sea and Sun 
Teething Veils | 4 
Etxe Records & Productions | 11 
Engineered by Kevin Erickson and Hugh McElroy 
Assisted by Kelsey Butterworth 
Celesta engineered by Scotty O’Toole at Omega Studios | Rockville, MD 

Recorded at Inner Ear Studio | Arlington, VA 
Additional recording at Empress of Sound Studio | Washington, DC 
Mastered by James Plotkin at Plotkinworks | Bethlehem, PA 

Artwork by Adam de Boer 
Sleeve design by Craig Garrett 

Thanks to family, friends, and you. 

For Marisol.

The Human You Were

"These little songs—sepia-toned yet searching, eccentric yet melodically inclined—add up to something that feels like its own pocket universe, sometimes wistful, sometimes the kind of menacing only achieved via a late-career Tom Waits death rattle.

Teething Veils

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