This is the second album from ex-Pavement main man Spiral Stairs. A collection of melancholy and rich California singer-songwriter pop songs. With echoes of the Go-Betweens and the Clean, 60s chanteurs Rex Homan and Chet Nichols, and modern exponents Death Cab for Cutie, the Decembrists, and Wilco, Spiral's new album is instantly appealing to a broad demographic. Features appearances by Wilco and Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, the Minus 5). Enhanced CD contains two videos.
1) The Furnace Sun
2) Walk of a Girl
3) Caught in the Rain
4) Line It Up
5) So Many Ways
6) If the Straits of Magellan Should Ever Run Dry
7) Her Estuary Twang
8) Escalation Breeds Escalation
9) Get Your Crayons Out!
10) Tone It Down