Field Manual
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Chris Walla's second solo album entitled Field Manual, formerly named It's Unsustainable, will be released in January 2008 by Barsuk Records[2]. Walla will release the album under his own name; it was previously speculated that he may use a moniker, most likely Martin Youth Auxiliary, under which to release the album[3].
Walla originally announced on his Hall of Justice Recording site that the album would be released in March 2007, but Field Manual was pushed back to September 2007. The album was then set for a later release date of January 29, 2008[1]. The record will be released in Australia via Architecture, the same label that released three Death Cab for Cutie albums. Warne Livesey will be mixing at least part of the album[2].
The album received a small amount of press in October 2007 when Homeland Security officials on the USA-Canada border confiscated a hard drive containing the master copies of Walla's recordings, for reasons not entirely clear.[4]
This album leaked January 18, 2008.
All tracks performed by Chris Walla, except drums on 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 by Kurt Dahle (of The New Pornographers); drums on songs 3, 7, and 11 by Jason McGerr (of Death Cab For Cutie)
Track listing [5]
- "Two Fifty" - 3:31
- "The Score" - 2:58
- "Sing Again" - 2:31
- "A Bird is A Song" - 3:08
- "Geometry &C" - 3:07
- "Everyone Needs a Home" - 3:06
- "Everybody On" - 3:17
- "Our Plans, Collapsing" - 3:56
- "Archer v. Light" - 3:06
- "St. Modesto" 4:27
- "It's Unsustainable" - 5:56
- "Holes" - 2:40
Bonus Tracks
(Copies Pre-Ordered from the Barsuk shop before February 4, 2008 received three downloadable bonus tracks.
- "Like A Spark" - 4:31
- "Sing Again (2006 Demo)" - 2:32
- "Our Plans, Collapsing (2006 Demo)" - 3:47