Wit's End

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Wit's End
Mccombs witsend web.jpg
Studio album by Cass McCombs
Released April 26, 2011
Length47:19
Label Domino
Producer Ariel Rechtshaid, Cass McCombs
Cass McCombs chronology
Catacombs
(2009) Catacombs2009
Wit's End
(2011)
Humor Risk
(2011) Humor Risk2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork (8.4/10) [3]

Wit's End is the fifth full-length album by Cass McCombs. It was released on Domino Records in April 2011, becoming the first of two albums released by McCombs that year. The first single from the album, "County Line", was accompanied by two different music videos.

Cass McCombs American singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist

Cass McCombs is an American musician, best known for releasing 9 albums since 2002.

Domino Recording Company UK based record label founded in 1993

Domino Recording Company is a British independent record label based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in Brooklyn, New York that handles releases in the United States, as well as a German division called Domino Deutschland and a French division called Domino France. In addition, Stephen Pastel presides over the subsidiary label Geographic Music, which releases more 'unusual' music from Britain and outside of the Western world. In 2011, the company announced that it was beginning a book publishing division, The Domino Press.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Cass McCombs.

No.TitleLength
1."County Line"5:37
2."The Lonely Doll"5:37
3."Buried Alive"5:37
4."Saturday Song"5:12
5."Memory's Stain"7:23
6."Hermit's Cave"4:19
7."Pleasant Shadow Song"4:11
8."A Knock Upon the Door"9:23
Total length:47:19

Personnel

Musicians

Chris Cohen (musician) American musician

Chris Cohen is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and producer best known for his solo albums as well as for having been a member of the band Deerhoof between 2002 and 2006.

Orpheo McCord

Orpheo McCord is an American composer and percussionist. He is an original member of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and a former member of The Fall, Fool's Gold and Cass McCombs. His debut solo album, Recovery Inhale, was released on January 26, 2018.

Justin Meldal-Johnsen American bassist

Justin Meldal-Johnsen is an American producer, songwriter, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and musical director, best known for his work with Beck, Nine Inch Nails, M83 and Air.

Production

Chris Coady American record producer

Chris Coady is an American record producer and mixing engineer who is best known for his work with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, Deadbeat Darling, Grizzly Bear, Beach House, Blonde Redhead and others.

Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer.

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References

  1. "Wit's End by Cass McCombs" . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. "Music Review: Cass McCombs - Wit's End" . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. "Cass McCombs: WIT'S END Album Review - Pitchfork" . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. Wit's End (Media notes). Domino Record Co.