This release marks the beginning of an innovative stage for Settlefish: one that finds the band flexing its musical muscle, composing songs that shift from sweeping, haunting mini-epics to terse, pulsating blasts of cacophony, wrenching and wringing the unmistakably American genre of indie rock into an inventive sound bursting with an unconventional European perspective. Settlefish revels in the forays of sound that boil below the surface of ordinary experience...and it's this sort of exploration that propels their sophomore release into unexpected, exhilarating directions. A sprawling, poignant body of work, tightly wound with imagination and joined with turbulent bouts of instrumental discord, The Plural Of The Choir is the band's greatest accomplishment - not only through music, but also words, mood, art and environment. Produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine, Tortoise, The Sea And Cake). Artwork by Tae Won Yu (Built To Spill, Beck, Versus, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion).

The Plural Of The Choir

This album was created between November 2003 and June 2004 by Settlefish.

It was recorded at the “Bunker” in Rubiera (RE) - Italy, from June 29th to July 7th 2004. It was then mixed at the “Esagono” Studios always in Rubiera between the 9th and 13th of July.
Recorded and engineered by Brian Deck. Produced by Brian Deck & Settlefish. Additional engineering by Andrea Rovacchi. Assistant engineer: Bruno Germano. Mastered by Roger Seibel on November 11th 2004 at SAE Mastering in Phoenix, Arizona-USA.

All songs were written by Settlefish. All lyrics by Jonathan Clancy except “The Second Week Of Summer” by Jonathan Clancy and Bruno Germano. The lyrics are supposed to be intended as the five of us versus relationships…….

Jukka Reverberi, Carlo Masu, Ferruccio Quercetti and Brian Deck appear on the record where noted.

Artwork project, design and drawings created by Tae Won Yu. Photography by Giulia Mazza and Giovanna Munari. Photo protagonists: Maurizio Lapenta, Caterina Basso, Giulia Mazza, Stefano Filipponio, Nettarino Fowler, Giovanna Munari.

SETTLEFISH is Jonathan Clancy, Bruno Germano, Emilio Torreggiani, Paul Pieretto, Philippe Soldati.

all lyrics by Jonathan Clancy.

except * in the song "The Second Week Of Summer". Those lines are by Bruno Germano.