''So Sudden'' is the debut album of

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. It was first released independently during early 2005. It was re-released after the band signed to

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's independent record label.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Morris and Greta Salpeter, except where noted. #"City Traffic Puzzle" (3:29) #"Weeping Willow" (2:17) #"Crawling Towards the Sun" (2:57) #"The Artist" (3:36) #"Unsafe Safe" (3:34) #"Momentum" (3:32) #"Hourglass" (2:37) #"Echo" (4:59) #"My Apologies" (2:16) #"The Market" (Morris,

Chris Faller Chris Faller (born 1 May 1985 in Buffalo, NY) is the bassist of The Hush Sound and Company of Thieves. Faller provides vocals as well, along with bandmates Greta Salpeter, Robert Morris Robert or Bob Morris may refer to: :''Ordered chronolog ...

) (1:54) #"Tides Change" (1:22) #"Carry Me Home" (2:17) #"Eileen" (3:31)

Personnel

* Bob Morris -

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

* Darren Wilson -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

, backing vocals * Greta Salpeter -

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

, vocals

Recording

''So Sudden'' was recorded at The Gallery of Carpet Studios in Villa Park, IL with owner/engineer/producer Brian Zieske.
"The Artist", the fourth track, contains many allusions to

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's ''

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'', primarily the prologue. The thirteenth track, "Eileen", also contains an allusion to Robert Herrick’s poem "

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" is a 1648 poem by the English Cavalier poet Robert Herrick (poet), Robert Herrick. The poem is in the genre of ''carpe diem'', Latin for "seize the day". 1648 text Theme First published as number 2 ...

References

{{Reflist 2005 debut albums The Hush Sound albums Fueled by Ramen albums