The Sinking of The President Lincoln

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1.	A Year in Photographs 04:41		buy track
2.	This Could Be Our Country 03:47		buy track
3.	Middle Distance 03:53		buy track
4.	Thoughts & Prayers 05:29		buy track
5.	Things We Don't Talk About 04:46		buy track
6.	Flyover States 05:38		buy track
7.	The World Through Your Eyes 03:01		buy track
8.	Time-Life Building 03:54	info	buy track
9.	Shelter in the Sunlight 04:52		buy track
10.	Good News & Bad News 04:43		buy track
11.	Clutter 05:01	info	buy track
12.	The Sinking of the President Lincoln 03:18		buy track

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released April 15, 2013

Produced by Aaron Tap

All songs written by Alex Maws
except "Time-Life Building" written by Alex Maws, Lee Norton and Pete Fussey
and "Clutter" by L. Bean/K. Coombs/A. Frank/A. Goodwin, Dethmuffen Music (ASCAP)

String, horn and woodwind arrangements on "This Could Be Our Country" by Paula Kelley

© ℗ 2013 Alex Maws all rights reserved
Licensed exclusively through Nine Mile Records

Alex Maws: Lead vocals, guitars, keyboards
Pete Fussey: Guitars
Aaron Tap: Bass guitar, guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, tambourine
Paula Kelley: Bass guitar, piano, backing vocals, horn
Rick Pierik: Drums

Stephanie Morgan: Vocals on "Things We Don't Talk About"
Jill Birnbaum: Backing vocals on "Clutter"
Fiona Shaw: Cello on "Thoughts & Prayers," "Clutter" and "The World Through Your Eyes"
Madeleine Goddard: Flute on "Flyover States"
Matthew Cooker: Cello on "This Could Be Our Country"
Tom Lea: Viola and violin on "This Could Be Our Country"
Lilly Aycud: Trumpet and flugelhorn on "This Could Be Our Country"
Lewis Wood: Trumpet on "The Sinking of the President Lincoln"
Kate Duffy: Tin whistle on "The Sinking of the President Lincoln"
Khadijah Owens: Additional vocals on "Middle Distance"

Choir on "The Sinking of the President Lincoln": Dan Bailey, Tim Bailey, Mo Doshi, Jai Fussey, Pete Fussey, Barry Jones, Edward Nkune, Tessie Tay, Dwight Wood, Lewis Wood

Mixed by Chris Zerby
Mastered by Hans DeKline

Cover art: "Stormy Weather" by Mark Adam Webster.

This album was made possible by the generosity of dozens of crowdfunders. Heartfelt thanks to Prashant Agarwal, Dick & Mary Kate Bluestein, Jen Bluestein, Gareth Dimelow & Doug Sheedy; Pete Fussey, William Godwin, Merv Kaye, Marjorie Maws, Stewart Maws, Tony Maws & Karolyn Feeks, Mike & Sharanya Mitchell; Sophie & Jon Mitchell, Ira & Susan Moss, Amy Peckner, Rick Pierik, Kevin Schmidt, Fred & Caitie Sher, Rebecca Vaurio, and everyone else who contributed.

Extra-special thanks to Mo Doshi, Tim Bailey, Reuben McDowall and Ad Frank. And to Robbyn Linden, my requited love.

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The President Lincoln London, UK

The President Lincoln is a transatlantic band named after a transatlantic ocean liner. And like the journeys of the great ship itself, the songs of The President Lincoln are all over the map.

Louder Than War wrote that their music combines “the baroque ache of The Decembrists” with “the skewed indie of Built to Spill”. AmericanaUK called them “inventive and brilliant”. ... more

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