Under the Same Stars is an ambitious mid-fi orchestrated pop extravaganza, completed shortly after the trio's return from their first national tour in the fall of '01 with Death Cab for Cutie. Intelligent and forlorn, The Prom are based around a tight drums/bass/piano backbone augmented by assorted analog keyboards, and, on this new record, by a full string section, flute, and some other studio fun.
credits
released July 1, 2002
Recorded at the Paradox on a Tascam msr-16.
Produced by The Prom.
Engineered and mixed by J. Brown.
(except track 11 mixed by Chris Walla).
Assistant Engineers: Nick Dyakanoff, James Mendenhall, David Broecker, Mieko Ikeda (on 'Brighter Than the Moon').
Mastered by Ed Brooks at RFI CD Mastering.
Design and layout by Andy Myers.
Sketches drawn by David Broecker.
All songs written by The Prom.
Lyrics by James Mendenhall (c) Third Generation Music (BMI)
Orchestral Arrangements by James Mendenhall, Joel Brown and the players.
James Mendenhall: vocals, piano, organ, guitar, toy piano, synth
Joel Brown : vocals, drums, organ, tambourine
David Broecker: vocals, bass, organ, shaker
Jeff Suffering: low vocals on tracks 6 and 11
Seth Warren: violin on track 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, and 10
Audrey Story: cello on track 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, and 10
Amy Ledford: flute on track 1, 2, 4, 5, and 10
Charlie Walsh: trumpet on track 1, 7, 8, and 11
Edgar Garvin: trumpet and trombone on track 8
Thank you: Barsuk, Kyle and Matt and Panther Fact Records, the Paradox Theater, The crew from Mars Hill (yes, all ya'll), Jeff and Teresa and all of the other Hideous Thieves, Yoko Takahara, Emily Brown, Rosie Thomas, Joseph and Mary, Christian, Cody Jones, Rocky and April Votolato, Cody Votolato, Micko Krishna, Curtis (yeah prom) Hall, the McClenathans, the Brown Family, Nana and Grandpa Watson, Mommy Broecker, Eric Fisher, Andy Myers, Damien Jurado, Jaws, Lance and Lori, Joyce and Allan Hall, Megan Seling, Eli Anderson, Shane, Steve Mendenhall, Vic Padios and family, Summer, Sheila, Saputo, Nick Dyakanoff, Josh Norris, Drew Ringo, Yuki and everyone at Shnee, Evan, Max from Boston, Barbara Mitchell, Tracie Verlinde, Sean Haskins, Christine Wood, Frank Nieto, Jeff Deroche, Matt Bayles, KEXP Seattle, KOLS, DCFC, The Ex-Hustlers, John Vanderslice, Juno, Hidari Mae, Seldom, The Long Winters, Hello From Waveland, Holiday Matinee, Kind of Like Spitting, everyone who helped out or played on this record, and to all who have laughed and/or at us...thank you.
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