This Vital Chapter Explained

This Vital Chapter
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Panda Band
Cover:	Panda-band-this-vital-chapter.jpg
Released:	6 June 2006 (AUS) 18 September 2006 (US)
Recorded:	February 2006 – March 2006
Genre:	Indie pop
Length:	37:50
Label:	BamBoo/MGM Distribution (AUS) Filter US Recordings/Fontana Distribution (US)
Producer:	David Parkin
Prev Title:	"Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town"
Prev Year:	2005
Year:	2006

This Vital Chapter is the first album from The Panda Band, released in Australia on 8 May 2006 and in the United States on 12 September 2006 - subtitled 'We're Almost Not Even Here'. The album features new recordings of radio favourites "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" (which reached #73 on Triple J's Hottest 100), "Eyelashes" and the most recent "Ghosts Have The Best Time". The US release, under the Filter US Recordings label, provided a different track listing to the Australian release.

The album was nominated for the Most Popular Album award at the 2007 West Australian Music Industry Awards.^[1]

Following the appearance of the band at SXSW in 2007^[2] and subsequent tour of the United States the album received airplay in various cities across the United States.^[3]

Track listing (AUS)

1. "Paragraph 1: Hibernation" – (Crosbie) 0:40
2. "High in Your Saddle" – (Crosbie) 3:19
3. "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" – (Crosbie) 3:07
4. "Lovely Shoulders" – (Crosbie) 2:31
5. "Musical Chairs" – (Crosbie) 4:51
6. "Spanish Bride" – (Crosbie) 3:35
7. "A Call to Your Arms" – (Crosbie) 1:42
8. "Ghosts Have the Best Time" – (Crosbie) 2:55
9. "We've Got the Face of the Earth" – (Crosbie) 1:53
10. "The Jaguar" – (Crosbie) 3:15
11. "Eyelashes" – (Crosbie, Namour) 3:42
12. "Signing Off (We're Almost Not Even Here: Part 1)" – (Crosbie, Namour) 6:12

Track listing (US)

1. "Paragraph I: Hibernation" - (Crosbie) 0:38
2. "High in Your Saddle" - (Crosbie) 3:20
3. "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" - (Crosbie) 3:08
4. "Eyelashes" - (Crosbie, Namour) 3:42
5. "Spanish Bride" - (Crosbie) 3:33
6. "Musical Chairs" - (Crosbie) 4:56
7. "Lovely Shoulders" - (Crosbie) 2:32
8. "A Call to Your Arms" - (Crosbie) 1:42
9. "Ghosts Have the Best Time" - (Crosbie) 2:54
10. "We've Got the Face of the Earth" - (Crosbie) 1:53
11. "The Jaguar" - (Crosbie) 3:19
12. "Signing Off (We're Almost Not Even Here) Part I..." - (Crosbie, Namour) 6:08

Personnel

The Panda Band

• Christopher Callan
• Stephen Callan
• Damian Robert Crosbie
• David Namour
• Gabriel Nicotra

Additional musicians

• Katy Steele - vocals (tracks 7 & 9)
• Shane Pouley - double bass (track 4)
• Shaun Lee-Chen - violin (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9 & 12)
• Alex Brogan - viola (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9 & 12)
• Tristen Parr - cello, string transcription (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9 & 12
• Claire McGowan - tuba (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10)
• James Murphy - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10)
• Melanie Price - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10
• Mark Sprogowski - saxophones, clarinet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10
• Jonathan Fernades - horn transcription (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10)

Reviews

• Treblezine - Terrance Terich (26 September 2006)
• PopMatters - Dan Rapper (18 October 2006)
• OneTimesOne (25 July 2007)
• Filter Magazine

References

1. Web site: WAMi Festival 2007 – Awards. WAMi. 2007-05-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20070505202941/http://www.wam.asn.au/wamifest07.htm#winnerz . 2007-05-05.
2. http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/39931.html SXSW appearance Wednesday 14 March 2007
3. http://www.wuog.org/dj/world/index.php?page=printplaylist&show_id=5043 WUOG 90.5fm - Athens, Georgia

External links

• Australian Music Online - This Vital Chapter