Way Upstate and the Crippled Summer, pt. 1 is an EP by Frontier Ruckus, released in 2009 between the releases of The Orion Songbook and Deadmalls & Nightfalls. It is only available on the double-vinyl edition of the former.
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| Released | June 20, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Lower Peninsula Records | |||
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Track listing
editAll songs written by Matthew Milia
- "One-Story-Carport-Houses"
- "The Great Laketown"
- "Ann Arbortown"
- "Mohawk, New York"
- "Driving Home, Christmas Eve"
- "Abigail"
Personnel
edit- Frontier Ruckus
- Matthew Milia – lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar
- David Winston Jones – banjo, dobro, voice
- Ryan "Smalls" Etzcorn – drum kit, all percussion, background vocals
- Zachary Nichols – trumpet, singing-saw, melodica
- Anna Burch – voice
- Guest Musicians
- Ryan Hay – piano on track 1, background vocals on track 1
- John Krohn – bass guitar on track 1, background vocals on track 1
- Angelica Tovar – background vocals on track 1
Production
edit- Produced by Frontier Ruckus
- Engineered by John Krohn
- Assistant engineer on track 1 was Ian Walker
- Mastered by Glenn Brown
- Artwork and Design by Matthew Milia
- Recorded and Mixed at Deep Deep Pink in Lansing, Michigan during the summer of 2007 and winter of 2008–2009