Songs First
Every one of these has to work played alone with nothing behind it. If it does not survive that, it does not go on the record.
The Band
Days In Chains
Six people, one record, and no electric guitar anywhere on it. Here is who plays what.
The Lineup
Who Plays What
In the order they appear on the sleeve. Everything on the record was played by these six, with nobody brought in from outside.
Allen Jenkins
Lead Vocals, Guitars, Mastering
Writes them, sings them, plays them, and masters the record once everyone else has gone home.
Sarah Dunn
Vocals
The second voice on every song and the lead on the two quietest ones. Sits just behind the melody rather than beside it, which is most of why the choruses land the way they do.
Dave Kessler
Acoustic Guitar
The other guitar. Holds the song still underneath while the first one moves, so there is always something to come back to.
Greg Hanlon
Violin, Viola
Strings under everything, held long and low enough that you feel them before you notice them.
Matt Doyle
Bass
Upright on the slow ones, electric on the rest. Most of why the heavy songs land as hard as they do with nothing distorted anywhere.
Rick Mason
Drums, Percussion
Keeps it low and close and stays out of the way of the voices. More toms and brushes than anything loud.
The Sound
Loud Songs Played Quiet
Heavy songs played on quiet instruments. Twelve of them about debt, ruin and the people who turn on you, and not one of them cleaned up after the fact.
- Formed
- 2026
- Members
- Six
- Debut Album
- Dark At Noon
- First Single
- Turncoat
- Electric Guitars
- None
- Mastering
- Allen Jenkins
How It Was Cut
Three Things That Decide It
Everything else on the record follows from these.
Two Voices
There are always two people singing and they are never quite in agreement. The second sits a step behind the first, like a shadow of it.
Nothing Cleaned Up
What is on the record is what happened in the room. The mistakes that stayed in are the ones that sounded better than the fix would have.