Working off a palette consisting of only his vocals and acoustic guitar; these sounds were then pulled, filtered, looped, broken and mended. Meredith Bragg's first solo album is a contemplative affair, at one moment minimal, unearthly the next.

Meredith Bragg - voice, guitar
Mixed and Produced by TJ Lipple and Chad Clark
Silver Sonya Studios, Arlington, VA

Late in 2006 Meredith met with Chad Clark (Beauty Pill, Smart Went Crazy) and T.J. Lipple (Aloha) at their studio, Silver Sonya, to discuss his plan for a solo record. The trio worked together on the mastering of first album, Volume 1, and served as mixers/producers on his last record, The Departures EP, which forged a strong friendship as well as a strong producer/artist relationship. If anyone was willing to jump off the bridge Meredith was headed towards, he knew it would be them.
The idea for this project consisted of two rules --
Rule #1: Only the sounds Meredith could get from his acoustic guitar or voice could be used.
Rule #2: Once recorded, there were no restrictions on how those sounds could be manipulated.
After recording the basic tracks, these sounds were pulled, filtered, shifted, butchered, looped, broken, and mended.
While some songs changed little, others developed from the process, unfolding in excitingly unexpected ways. Out of this process came a record that can be described as both expansive and intimate, fractured and yet whole.
So while you listen to songs about Roman statues, volcanoes, middle eastern scientists, or forgotten road-side attractions, remember that every sound and every word are outcomes of a process shaped through limited resources that opened up otherwise hidden options.