''Everything So Far'' is the first
compilation album
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by American rock band
Pinegrove. It was initially self-released by the band in 2014, and later released on cassette as a tour-only exclusive by Seagreen Records in December 2014.
''Everything So Far'' serves as an anthology the band's early material, from self-released
extended play
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s to the band's first proper album, ''Meridian'' (originally released in 2012). Following Pinegrove's signing to independent record label Run for Cover, it was re-released with updated cover art on October 9, 2015.
It has since seen re-released on vinyl and compact disc.
Background
Pinegrove first issued ''Everything So Far'' in 2014. The first edition was a self-released burned
CD-R
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with hand-drawn artwork on each disc, as well as unique cardboard sleeves coated with acrylic paint.
The track listing was updated with an additional song, the newly-recorded "Problems", for its December 2014 release on Boston-based cassette label Seagreen, and copies were sold on tour dates during that period.
In 2015, Pinegrove signed to Run for Cover, which re-released ''Everything So Far'' in October of that year with an altered track listing. In 2017, they re-released it for the first time on vinyl and compact disc, including a 16-page booklet featuring lyrics, photos, and an introductory note by frontman Evan Stephens Hall.
Reception
Gwilym Mumford at ''
The Guardian
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'' considered it a nice introduction to the group, commenting, "As with such completist compilations there’s a fair chunk of filler here, and over time its 21 songs begin to congeal into each other a shade, but as an introduction to the band’s many charms, it’s solid enough."
Timothy Monger at
Allmusic
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said that "Ranging from lo-fi rock epics to strummed acoustic numbers that blend lonesome rural tones with desperate suburban ennui, ''Everything So Far'' is a testament to a band that sounded original out of the gate."
Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from ''Everything So Far'' liner notes.
;Pinegrove
*Evan Stephens Hall – guitar, vocals, percussion, cover design,
mixing, photography
*
Nick Levine – guitar, bass guitar,
banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin.
...
, cover design, mixing, photography
*Sam Skinner – bass guitar, keyboards, mixing, photography,
mastering on tracks 2 to 7
*Zack Levine – drums, percussion, mixing, photography
*
Nandi Rose Plunkett
Half Waif is the stage name of American musician Ananda Rose "Nandi" Plunkett.
Early life
Born to an Indian mother from Uganda, Rose grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Her parents divorced when she was a child.
Rose began writing music when ...
– vocals, photography
*Adan Carlo – bass guitar, photography
;Additional musicians
*Jane McKendry – additional vocals on "Days"
;Production
*Bryan Dubay – additional photography
*Kayla Tamney – additional photography
*Lyndsey Matoushek – additional photography
*Doug Hall – mastering on "Days" and "On Jet Lag", additional vocals on "Days"
*
Greg Calbi
Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey.
Biography
Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bishop ...
– mastering on "New Friends"
*Steve Fallone – additional mastering on "New Friends"
*Steve Skinner – mastering on tracks 8 to 19
References
External links
''Everything So Far''at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
{{Pinegrove
Pinegrove (band) albums
Run for Cover Records albums
2014 compilation albums
Creative Commons-licensed albums