When You Land Here, It's Time to Return explained

When You Land Here, It's Time to Return
Type:	Album
Artist:	Flake Music
Cover:	When You Land Here.JPG
Released:	1997 24 November 2014 (reissue)
Recorded:	Spring 1997
Genre:	Indie rock, indie pop
Length:	31:36
Label:	Omnibus Records Aural Apothecary (reissue)
Producer:	Kennie Takahashi (reissue)
Chronology:	The Shins
Prev Title:	Spork EP
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Oh, Inverted World
Next Year:	2001

When You Land Here, It's Time to Return is a full-length album released by indie rock band Flake Music before changing their name to The Shins. The album was recorded in 1997 and was released on Omnibus Records.

In a May 2009 interview with Pitchfork, frontman James Mercer announced plans to re-release the album on his own record label, Aural Apothecary.^[1] The new version of the album was mixed by Danger Mouse's sound engineer Kentoro Takahashi. The reissue was released on CD and vinyl on November 24, 2014 in Europe and on November 25, 2014 in North America.

Track listing

• Before the 2014 reissue, the titles of tracks 5, 8, and 10 were unknown, and not listed on any official release of the album. They were typically left blank or listed as "untitled".

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the remastered album's liner notes.^[2]

Personnel

• Del Winiecki – engineering
• Nick Noeding Jr. – engineering
• Flake Music – mixing
• Kentoro Takahashi – mixing
• JJ Golden – mastering

Artwork

• Flake Music – art direction
• Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction, design
• Kieth Negley – painting
• Kendall Taylor – photography
• Neal Langford – sleeve

References

1. Web site: Shins' James Mercer Spills About Lineup Changes, New Album, Other Projects . 2009-05-06 . Phillips . Amy . 6 May 2009 . Pitchfork Media.
2. When You Land Here, It's Time to Return. Flake Music. 2014. liner notes. Sub Pop

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