Album Notes

Shanks the Dreamers is the concept band of multi award winning filmmaker/artist Amir Motlagh(a.k.a Shanks) as he tries to find a way to bridge the gap between all the hopeless beauty of things better left untouched.

The debut release, "A Day Late: Instrumentals for Illegal Aliens" spanned time, specifically from summer 2004 to summer 2006 sprinkled with another 5 months of mixing and mastering, and obsessive compulsive drives. It was recorded as a conceptual solo project first, one in which was going to be under the moniker of Shanks alone, but a band formed during the process and so, to create confusion or to refrain from it, the Dreamers name was incorporated into the album, because like all things of this nature, the starting point is just as important as the end point.

The record includes the talents of Shanks as Composer, Arranger and Guitarist, Sam Oak on Bass, Chris Henderson on Drums, and Art Toussi on Additional FX. The album was produced by Sam Oak from Unfamiliar Occurrence and Shanks. The album is a mix of Americana highway post rock, shoegaze, modern composition and minimalism with heart.