"To Comfort and Destroy is amazing and as complete a realization of Pillow Army's talents as I could hope for. I can't wait to hear the full-length. I can't wait to see them again." – TYSON LYNN, Seattle P.I. -FULL REVIEW
"Pillow Army is a band all about opposing elements. Acoustic guitar and a string section make up the body of most of the songs, but - more times than not - that calm is stabbed by raucous intrusions from loud electric guitars, working as a counterpoint to the loveliness of the other instrumentation." - REV. ADAM MCKINNEY, The Weekly Volcano
ALBUM CREDITS:
Tim Franklin – lead vocals, guitar
John Simpson – cello, right guitar on Happy, vocals on Happy & YNHA
Paul Culala – drums, percussion, vocals on The Price & Happy
Ben Hawthorne – violin, viola
Kaitlin Morrison – vocals on Happy & Model Citizen
Produced and Engineered by Tim Franklin
Co-Produced by Marc Lacuesta and Pillow Army
Recorded at our homes
Mixed by Marc Lacuesta @ Two Sticks Audio – Seattle, WA
Additional mixing by Tim Franklin
Mastered by John McCaig @ panicStudios – Seattle, WA
Assisted by John Simpson, Michael Lerner, and Jackson Long
All songs written by Tim Franklin and Copyright 2009 Screaming Bloody Music except “Oh Comely” written by Jeff Mangum, copyright 1996 / 1997 Egg As A Whole Music
Strings arranged by Tim Franklin except for tracks 2 and 4 which were arranged by John Simpson and Tim Franklin
Art and design by Jessica John and Tim Franklin
Photography by Jessica John
Thanks to: Jessica John, Leah and her "Hooray"!, Emiliana Culala, The Franklin family, The Johns, The Simpson Family, Marc Lacuesta, Jackson, Don, and Michael @ Two Sticks, John @ panicStudios, Amy Nolan, Rachel Jacobson-Larson, Tyson and Summer, Edwin @ Paragon Media, Jeff and Erin, Will Kennedy, Josh Florian, Jon and Matthew, The Bashfords, Mara and Ricardo, Kaitlin, Josh and Merideth, Fred and Lori, Kate and Joh, Jason Smith, Hotwire Coffee W.S., Easy Street Records, Everyday Music, Cellophane Records, KEXP, Tilly, Hotels, Kevin Snow, The End Times, Suni’s Pizza, Kate Mosehauer, The Thoughts, Greg Garcia, Megan Seling, Lady Drama, Chelsea Conboy, Joe, Chris, and Dave from Molecule, Cody @ Huckin’ Huge, Bischofberger Violin, Allison Crase, Stephanie Wallace, Jeannene Peden, Grandpa Simpson, Doug, Nancy, and Joe Loviska, Taylor Abrego, Ivy Morgan, Anthony Auriemma, Sam Russell & The Harborrats, Eli Baggenstos, Monica Olsson, Sumita Gywali, Maddy Harrington, Sibella & Joe Giorello, Professor Shannon Dudley, Professor Philip Schuyler, the 2008 UW Orchestra cello section , Henry Weinhard's Brewing Company, Beethoven, Mexico, and the guy who stopped weed-whacking when John asked him to from the deck rail with the megaphone because we were recording an EP and needed it to be quiet.
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