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( MC Lars, Foster the People), as well as their second release under the

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record label. The union has resulted in a new spin on the familiar sound that has been referred to as a "futuristic Spaghetti-Western soundtrack" that features a cover of 1972 Sonny and Cher song, "

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". Additionally, "Bulletproof Shine" marks a collaboration with Angelo Moore (leader of Fishbone), who adds his vocals and theremin to the track. Julia R. DeStefano of ''Performer Magazine'' says of the album that it "easily places them in the 'best kept secret-turned next big thing' category." Fun Fun Fun Media said, "Diego’s Umbrella is like Gogol Bordello meets Queen."

Track listing

All song written, performed and arranged by Diego's Umbrella.

Personnel

* Tyson Maulhardt - Electric Guitar, Vocals * Vaughn Lindstrom -

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, Vocals * Ben Leon - Vocals, Electric Guitar, Percussion * Jason Kleinberg - Violin, Vocals,

Accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

* Jake Wood -

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;Additional personnel * Angelo Moore - Theremin, Vox * Brahm Sheray -

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(Richardson, Bulletproof Shine, Amsterdam, Big Star) * Bob Menacho -

(Tightrope, Moneymaker) * Kevin Blair -

(Downtown, Thrash) * Jim Greer - Piano,

Synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

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* Brandon Arnovick - Beats * Olga Kapustina - Asst. Engineering (Moneymaker), Additional Strings (Downtown) ;Additional singers * Mike Choinard * Katie Bishop * Marta Skeen * Larry May * Alisa Saario * Noel Garcia * Christine Kemp * Estee Schwartz * Matthew Smith * Olga Kapustina

Production

* Produced and Mixed by

* Engineered by Calvin Turnbull and

* Mastered by

* Artwork by Kelsey Brookes * Art Photography by Roy Porello

References

{{Authority control 2012 albums Diego's Umbrella albums