''Big Red Machine'' is the debut studio album by American musicians

Aaron Dessner Aaron Brooking Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American musician. He is best known as a founding member of the rock band The National (band), the National, with whom he has recorded nine studio albums; a co-founder of the indie rock duo Big ...

and Justin Vernon as Big Red Machine. Dessner is most famous for being a founding member, instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer for The National, and Vernon for being the founding member and frontman of

Bon Iver Bon Iver ( ) is an American indie folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Vernon had originally formed Bon Iver as a solo project, but it eventually became a band consisting of Vernon (vocals, guit ...

. The majority of the album was recorded in Dessner's shed studio in the

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Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

- drum machine, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, mellotron, bass, songwriting, production * Justin Vernon - vocals, electric guitar, bass, synthesizer, baritone guitar, songwriting, production * Brad Cook - production, bass, omnichord, synthesizer

Additional musicians

* Jonathan Low - engineering * JT Bates - drums (all tracks) *

Bryce Dessner Bryce David Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American composer and guitarist based in Paris, and a member of the rock band the National. Dessner's twin brother, Aaron is also a member of the group. Together, they write the music in collabo ...

- orchestration (6-8), electric guitar (7) *

Bryan Devendorf Bryan Devendorf is an American drummer. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded ten studio albums. Devendorf is also a member of the experimental rock bands Pfarmers and LNZNDRF. In ...

- drum machine (2-3, 6-7) *

Phoebe Bridgers Phoebe Lucille Bridgers (born August 17, 1994) is an American singer-songwriter. Her indie folk music typically centers on acoustic guitar and Electronic music, electronic production, with melancholic lyrical themes. She has won four Grammy Aw ...

- additional vocals (3) * Kate Stables - additional vocals (5, 8-9) * Richard Reed Parry - additional vocals (2, 5, 9) * Lisa Hannigan - additional vocals (1, 3, 5, 8-10) * Andrew Broder - additional vocals (3) * Camilla Staveley-Taylor - additional vocals (3, 6) * Emily Staveley-Taylor - additional vocals (3, 5, 8-10) * Jessica Staveley-Taylor - additional vocals (3, 5, 8-10) * Zoe Randell - additional vocals (8-10) * Steve Hassett - additional vocals (8-10)

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2018 debut albums Big Red Machine (band) albums Jagjaguwar albums Albums produced by Aaron Dessner