Album Notes

Produced by Shane O’Connor and Blackbutton, engineered & mixed by Shane O’Connor. Recorded October 2008 to January 2009 at the Milkhouse Studio in Allston, MA and the Moontower in Cambridge, MA. Mixed February to March 2009 at Starlab in Somerville, MA. Addt’l engineering by Doug “Slowtrain” Carter. Released in May 2009.

Mastered by Lance Riley.

Blackbutton is J. M. Tavenner & Anshul Jain.
All songs written by Blackbutton © 2009.

J. M. Tavenner: vocals, guitar
Anshul Jain: drums

Maria Kovacevic: violin on “Red Valerie Ann” & “5am”
Shane O’Connor: bass on “Rose’s Roses”

Art direction and photography by Sofija V. Canavan © 2009 svc photography.
Design by J. M. Tavenner

The band would like to thank Shane O’Connor for all his patience and hard work, Lance Riley, Sofi, Maria Kovacevic, Martin Doyle, Doug Carter, Justin Shirah, Shoney Lamar and the Equal Rights, Dave Cagle, Dean Cogswell, Cory Bouchard, Karen Nothstein, the Canavan family, Dijit Murphy, Natan, Patrick, Curtis Hughes & Karmic Music, Marc Shulman & the All Asia, Steve Beck & the Gypsy West, the Salvation Army of Cambridge, Fred Toucher, the Toucher and Rich Show & WBCN, Tom Collins, Mike Ahern & Crossroads Irish Pub, Spare Change news & Whats Up magazine, Michael “Sep” Sepavich & A Wish for Fire, T.T. the Bear’s Place, Michael & Kathy Tavenner for all of their unconditional love and encouragement, Kanti & Viji Jain for tolerating drums in the basement, Vivek & Shonul for all of their support, and all the people who believed in this project, especially our friends and our fans.

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