Are's & Els by Michael Gerard

"Are's & Els" AVAILABLE NOW!

In the spring of 2011, Michael formed the band "The Els" with his wife Rachael Renee', longtime friend Nathaniel Leigh, and bassist J. Elwood Johncox. Later that year, newly formed Alder Street Records signed Levasseur. The first record was recorded shortly thereafter at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco, by Ian Pellicci. Over the course of 11 days, members of the els convened in the Mission District to record 5 tracks live in the studio. Michael worked with Rory Carroll (Black Telephone, The New York Times), who largely produced the album, and drummer John Masters (Cheniers, Metropolitan), who brought his hard-hitting style, on another 6 songs. Alder Street Records released the album titled "Are's & Els" in early 2012 in a limited edition run of 500 deluxe 180 gram LP's, 300 CD's in gorgeous full color matte packaging with sleeve artwork featuring photos by Rachael Renee' Levasseur!

Tracklist

1.	Another Circle of Fifths	3:14

2.	Instead	2:25

3.	Can't Stay	2:37

4.	Metaphor Life	2:21

5.	Sympathies	3:34

6.	Who Is She?	2:23

7.	Just Like a Song	3:21

8.	Depth Perception	2:51

9.	All & More	2:36

10.	Have It Out	3:48

11.	My Regards	3:41

Credits

released June 5, 2012

All vocals and guitar (unless otherwise noted) by Michael Gerard Levasseur

Rachael Renee' Levasseur: Electric Autoharp, vocals
Nathaniel Kees Leigh: drums (2,4,5,8,11) vocals
J. Elwood Johncox: bass (1,2,4,5,7,8,11) vocals
Rory David Carroll: bass (3,6,9,10), vocals
John Masters: drums (1,3,6,7,9,10)
Liana Berube: violin (1,10)
Michelle Kwon: cello (1,10)
Andrew Maguire: vibraphone (10)
Ari Micich: trumpet (10)
Minna Rhee Choi: arrangements, conducting (1,10)

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