Engineered and mixed by Mike Davidson with Annie Hoffman and mastered by Brian Charles at Zippah of Boston, MA with additional engineering and mixing by Nels at The Orchard. All lyrics and music by Nels (tracks 2, 4 and 5) and Michael Louis (tracks 1 and 3). Pleasant Sweaters were Michael Louis (vocals on 1 and 3; background vocals; acoustic guitar on 1 and 3; electric guitar on 1 and 3; synth on 1 and 4; piano on 3; rhodes on 5), Iliza Holt (violin, background vocals on 5), Hunter Greer (bass guitar), Jerin Chevy (drums, background vocals on 5), Michael Cannamela (cello, background vocals on 5), Jaclyn Bernstein (vocals on 2, 4 and 5; background vocals; oboe on 2 and 4), and Nels (vocals on 2, 4, and 5; background vocals; electric guitars on 1, 3, 4 and 5; acoustic guitar on 2; acoustic 12-string guitar on 5; celesta on 2 and 4; banjo on 5).
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