Joy Is Elusive, by Harborcoat

Joy Is Elusive

by Harborcoat

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1.	Always Better 04:26	buy track
2.	Transit Town 02:17	buy track
3.	Go To Sleep 03:10	buy track
4.	Edwardsburg 05:01	buy track
5.	New Day Comes 02:45	buy track
6.	Joy Is Elusive 02:30	buy track
7.	Help Me Out Somehow 02:48	buy track
8.	Hear Me, I'm Courageous 03:07	buy track
9.	Things I Should Have Done 03:28	buy track
10.	Tightrope Wire 04:26	buy track
11.	Where The River Bends 03:49	buy track
12.	Never Made It Home 03:51	buy track

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DEDICATED TO STEVEN CARLSON

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Matt Carlson: vocals/guitar/synth
Johnny Aimcrier: guitars/lap steel
David Baldwin: guitars/keys/trumpet/backing vocals
Joel Kuiper: drums
Nate Moore: keys/mandolin/backing vocals
Ian Walker: bass guitar

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with

Jeffery Gower
Backing Vocals on ‘New Dawn Comes’
and ‘Things I Should Have Done’

Jacob McCarthy
Backing vocals on ‘Always Better’, ‘Edwardsburg’
and ‘Help Me Out Somehow’
Additional arrangement on ‘Edwardsburg’

Jennifer Toms
Backing Vocals on ‘Go To Sleep’
and ‘Where The River Bends’

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All songs written by Matthew Carlson
Copyright 2020, all rights reserved

Recorded at Cabin By The Lake
and Pleasant Pauper Studios

Mixed by Ian Walker with Isaac Vander Schuur

Mastered by Andy Reed

Arranged by Harborcoat
Engineered by Ian Walker and Matthew Carlson

Assistant Engineering by Tim Benedict

Photography and art direction by Matthew Carlson

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released October 11, 2022

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