Tape Club is a 26-song compilation of unreleased songs, B-sides, and demos from American indie pop/rock band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. It was released in the United States in 2011.

Tape Club
Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 18, 2011
RecordedWinter 2002 through 2011
GenreIndie pop
Length69:50
LabelPolyvinyl
PRC-128
ProducerSSLYBY
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin chronology
Let It Sway
(2010)
Tape Club
(2011)
Fly by Wire
(2013)

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."The Clod and the Pebble" (Cardwell and William Blake)2:52
2."Let's Get Tired" (Dickey and Cardwell)2:14
3."What'll We Do (demo)" (Dickey and Cardwell)2:02
4."Song W + Song L" (Dickey)3:16
5."Sweet Owl" (Dickey)2:25
6."Spinning Sea" (Dickey)1:19
7."Tin Floor 51" (Dickey)2:11
8."Lower the Gas Prices, Howard Johnson" (Dickey)2:58
9."Go Upstairs" (Dickey and Knauer)2:10
10."Bigger Than Yr Yard" (Dickey and Knauer)2:37
11."Half-Awake (Deb)" (Cardwell and Dickey)2:17
12."Not Worth Fighting" (Dickey, Cardwell, and Knauer)3:02
13."New Day" (Cardwell)3:42
14."Coming Through" (Cardwell)4:49
15."Dead Right (Wilmington demo)" (Dickey)2:08
16."We Can Win Missouri" (Dickey and Cardwell)2:45
17."Same Speed" (Dickey)2:06
18."Cardinal Rules" (Dickey)2:20
19."Chili Cook-Off" (Dickey)3:01
20."Song 1000" (Knauer and Dickey)1:34
21."Phantomwise (demo)" (Dickey and Lewis Carroll)1:08
22."Back in the Saddle (demo)" (Dickey)2:28
23."Yellow Missing Signs" (Dickey)2:37
24."Letter Divine" (Cardwell)3:42
25."Bended" (Cardwell)4:57
26."Bastard of Rome" (Cardwell and Dickey)3:10

Personnel edit

John Robert Cardwell, Philip Dickey, Jonathan James, Will Knauer

Additional musicians edit

2 = Additional guitar and bass by Chris Slater and Tom Hembree.
3 = Additional vocals by Gwyn Knauer.
5, 19 = Clarinet by Roni Dickey.
10 = Additional vocals by Grace Bentley.
18 = Additional shouting by Cindy Woolf, Matt Greene, Roni Dickey, Grace Bentley, Michael St. John, and Ryan Spilken.

Recording and production edit

All recorded by SSLYBY in Springfield, Missouri except where noted. Mastered by Jonathan James at a Motel 6.
1 = Phil's mom's house, winter 2002.
2, 4 = Sean Schultz's basement, winter 2003.
3 = Weller house, winter 2003.
5 = Fremont house, summer 2005.
6, 8 = Jonathan's studio/practice space, summer 2005.
7 = Lotus Rain's house, summer 2005.
9, 10 = Weller attic, summer 2005.
11, 12 = Jonathan's studio/practice space, winter 2007.
13 = Bentley's carriage house, fall 2007.
14 = Jonathan's studio/practice space, fall 2007.
15 = Fred Champion's loft in Wilmington, North Carolina, winter 2007.
16 = The Studio, spring 2008. Recorded by Lou Whitney and Eric Schuchmann.
17 = Phil's apartment, spring 2008.
18 = Mayor of Springfield's yoga studio/basement, summer 2009.
19, 20 = Will's house on Normal Street, summer 2009.
21, 22 = Phil's basement, summer 2009.
23 = Phil's room and Jonathan's apartment, summer 2009.
24, 26 = Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, fall 2009. Recorded by Chris Walla and Beau Sorenson.
25 = Dark Egg studio, fall 2009.

Album art edit

Photos and art by Daniel Zender, Zoe Burnett, Gabriella Lacza, Abby Williamson, Tracy Graham, Jason Williamson, Tim Nowack, and Chris Beckman. Art direction by Chris Beckman.

References edit