"Guitarist/composer Cole Berliner""s writing arranging and playing highlights an album of rich-grained acoustic west coast parlor music and modern electro-acoustic instrumentals in the challenger tradition of Bert Jansch""s Avocet Marc Ribot""s Saints and Jim O""Rourke""s Bad Timing. Initially conceived as solo acoustic guitar tunes Cole""s songs demanded the dynamics of an acoustic ensemble - a departure from his work with Kamikaze Palm Tree and Sharpie Smile. His arrangements form intricate passages for acoustic electric and lap steel guitars acoustic/electric bass piano drums percussion violin viola horns woodwinds and synthesizers; Cole himself is on guitar and lap steel (plus synths and percussion on a few songs) mixing and co-producing alongside Cesar Maria."