Let It Sway Explained

Let It Sway
Type:	Album
Artist:	Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Cover:	Let_It_Sway.jpg
Released:	August 17, 2010
Recorded:	Fall 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin, and Portland, Oregon. Additional recording Winter 2009 in Springfield, Missouri.
Genre:	Indie pop
Length:	41:10
Label:	Polyvinyl PRC-197
Producer:	Chris Walla and Beau Sorenson
Prev Title:	Pershing
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Tape Club
Next Year:	2011

Let It Sway is the third full-length studio album from American indie pop/rock band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. It was released through Polyvinyl Records on August 17, 2010.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Back in the Saddle " – 4:28
2. "Sink/Let It Sway" – 3:05
3. "Banned (By The Man)" – 3:45
4. "In Pairs" – 3:04
5. "My Terrible Personality" – 2:53
6. "Everlyn" – 3:01
7. "Stuart Gets Lost Dans Le Métro" – 4:23
8. "All Hail Dracula!" – 3:05
9. "Critical Drain" – 2:44
10. "Animalkind" – 2:30
11. "Phantomwise" - 3:41
12. "Made to Last" - 4:31
13. "Bended" - 4:58*
14. "Cardinal Rules" - 2:17*
15. "Tanks Jam" - 3:44*

• Digital bonus tracks

Personnel

The band members are credited as follows.

• John Robert Cardwell - lead and backing vocals, guitars, mandolin, bass, timpani
• Will Knauer - guitars
• Jonathan James - bass, backing vocals, guitars, drums
• Philip Dickey - drums, backing and lead vocals, guitars, acoustic and Wurlitzer electric pianos, synthesizers, marimba

Additional musicians

• Chris Walla - synthesizers, guitars, Wurlitzer electric piano, percussion
• Mark Cassidy - banjo

Production

• Produced by Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie and Beau Sorenson.
• Recording done September 2009 at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, and fall 2009 at Alberta Court in Portland, Oregon. Additional recording done winter 2010 in Springfield, Missouri by Jonathan James and SSLYBY.
• Mixed by Beau Sorenson at Smart Studios in February 2010.^[2] "In Pairs," "My Terrible Personality," and "Phantomwise" mixed by Chris Walla at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco, California. "Stuart" mixed by Jonathan James and SSLYBY.
• Mastering completed by Roger Seibel at SAE Digital Mastering Services on April 13, 2010.^[3]
• The album cover depicts a photograph of a top-down view of the Balinese Kecak Dance.

Notes

• Art direction: Aaron Scott and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
• Band photos: Chris Beckman and Sophie Parker
• Painting: David Guinn
• Cover photo: Co Rentmeester. Used by permission.
• "Phantomwise" contains lyrics from an acrostic by Lewis Carroll.

External links

• Q&A: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Filter Magazine's interview with Philip Dickey.

Notes and References

1. News: New Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Album - Let It Sway. Polyvinyl Record Co.. 21 May 2010.
2. News: Punk, grunge, and Christmas dinner with Sparklehorse: An underdog's history of Smart Studios. A.V. Club - Madison. 10 March 2010.
3. News: April 14, 2010 12 30 PM. Polyvinyl Record Co.. 14 April 2010.