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"B"

by Dean Batten

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1.
Carmen Drive 04:31
2.
In The Way 04:41
3.
No Name #10 05:26
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Wade Through 02:03
5.
Cannons Up 05:03
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Flora 03:57
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No Name #7 03:51
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Pretty Loud 07:06
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New Carpet 01:26

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Recorded completely in about two months around our working/sleeping/social schedules

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released March 22, 2016

Recorded in the brick house, Ormond Beach, FL

Produced, recorded and engineered by Dean Batten
Co-produced/Co-engineered by Chia Veilleux

Recorded with a Tascam DP-006 multitrack recorder, a shitty mixer, an SM57, some Behringer C-2's, a bad 58 knock off, a big cheap Samson condenser, and a bass drum mic bummed from David Chamberlin

All songs written and arranged by Dean Batten except for the saxophone interludes; those were written and arranged by Chia Veilleux

Musical Personnel:
Dean Batten - guitars, bass (except for where Chia plays it), drums (except for Flora & No Name #7), all keys/piano, vocals
Chia Veilleux - Panasonic VCR with a 2000's printing of American Pie, Bass (No Name #10, Flora, No Name #7, Pretty Loud), Saxophone in all interludes
Daniel Lunde - Drums (Flora, No Name #7)

Special thanks to Dean's grandmother for letting us fill up her apartment for an afternoon to record her piano for the noisiest song on this album, Twining's Chamomile Tea and Habanero Lime MD 20/20 for being muses and Pappy for putting up with all the weird hours of the night we were whispering in his living room making this little nugget

Art by Emily Nakamura
Photos for insert (physical copies only) taken by Macy Harwell
Layout and Design (physical copies only) by Danielle Rimart
Mastered at Reel Time Duplications, Daytona Beach, FL
Physical copies printed/finalized by Reel Time Duplications

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Dean Batten Daytona Beach, Florida

Often genre-bending, thought provoking and emotion stoking, Dean Batten's music is most concretely one thing: captivating.

Moving forward from his previous work, Dean has re-embraced the folk, early rock and country sounds of his childhood with 3 new albums: "Optimist Breakfast", an acoustic album; "Pessimist Lunch", a full band version with the same songs; and "Realist Supper", a live album.
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