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release from

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bassist,

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, released on April 8, 2008, just ahead of his first return to the band. A number of notable guest musicians perform on the record, including

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, and

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bassist and trumpeter

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and trumpeter

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. Harold Barefoot Sanders III, who collaborated with Eric in his band

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, also contributes on a few tracks. Lastly,

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, longtime replacement bassist of

, plays on a song along with his bandmate of The Coattail Riders. A music video was created for the song "All Remote And No Control" which can be viewed at IG

Fishpork ranked it #5 of the year for 2008.

Track listing

#"Belly of an Insect" – 4:24 #"Beside the Fire" – 3:32 #"All Remote and No Control" – 4:03 #"Revolution" – 4:22 #"Maybe" – 4:26 #"Unexploded" – 3:55 #"Walk through Walls (The Man Who Can Fly Pt. 5)" – 4:37 #"Philo Beddoe" – 4:09 #"Chicken Bone (The Man Who Can Fly Pt. 2)" – 3:40 #"Porchlight" – 3:48 #"Song in the Silence (The Man Who Can Fly Pt. 7)" – 4:35 #"Sun’s Gone" – 4:28

Personnel

*Jason Orme – guitar (''1, 9'') *Chris McClure – guitar (''2''), backing vocal (''4'') *Christian Stone – guitar (''2'') *Eamon Ryland – guitar (''2'') *David Levita – guitar (''3, 5, 7, 10, 11''), Marxophone (''7'') *Mark Pritchard – guitar (''8'') *Zane Smythe – guitar (''11'') *Harold Barefoot Sanders III – synthesizer (''3''), drum sampling, bits and synth (''12'') *Jonathan Larroquette – synthesizer (''6'') *Adam Somers – modular synthesizer (''6'') *

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– keyboards (''7, 11''), Wurly (''10'') *

– drums (''1, 3, 6–8'') *Matt Tecu – drums (''10, 11'') *Kirsten Gottschalk – backing vocal (''3'') *

– lyric co-writing and vocal (''5'') *

– bass (''7'') *

– main horn (''11'') *

– outro horn (''11'')

References

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