I (Assume I) Know What I'm Doing, by The Albert Square

I (Assume I) Know What I'm Doing

by The Albert Square

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1.	One Seventh of the Week 02:25	buy track
2.	Pictures of Your Grandson (Oh, Donald!) 04:00	buy track
3.	Galesburg, IL 03:06	buy track
4.	She Was a Deist 03:17	buy track
5.	The Kids Are All Jerks! 02:53	buy track
6.	Pins and Arrows 02:19	buy track
7.	(Nobody Is) On Your Team. 02:47	buy track
8.	A Skull. A Door. The Middle of the Desert. (Waldorf) 02:25	buy track
9.	Agnes (I Assume I Know What I'm Doing) 03:15	buy track
10.	Sum of Our Parts 02:28	buy track
11.	Get Back Here 02:56	buy track
12.	Assuming (Instrumental) 01:04	buy track
13.	I Am Not a Closer. 02:39	buy track

credits

released December 15, 2015

The Albert Square is:
Sim Castro - Guitars, Vocals, Keys
Spencer Taplin - Drums
James Mack Baker - Bass

additional musicians:
Chris Hopkins - Bass on tracks 2-5, 7-9, 11, 13, backing vocals on track 3 and synth on track 11
Shawn Alpay - Cello
Mike Huguenor - backing vocals on tracks 2 and 9
Bob Vielma - Trombone
Jack Shirley - saw on track 12 and backing vocals on track 9

cover painting by Megan Hart

Thank you Bob Vielma, Jack Shirley, Megan Hart, Tom Bayles, Jeff Rosenstock, Sarah Sauerzopf, Tony Bui, everyone who played on the record, the family Brackett, Shirley Wong-Jose, the PNP crew, Mike Park, all the San Jose homies, all my MTG punx, VLHS, all of our Seattle friends, Hard Girls, Bradbury/VWLS, dem Yulia boyz, Shinobu, Diners and Dogbreth crew, the weird world of train travelers, all the other awesome bands with whom we’ve had the pleasure to play, anyone who has booked us, came to see us an/or donated to the cause in one way or another. Thank you for opening your doors and your living room floors.

and an extra special thanks to the Kong family, john Litchford, Julia and Trevor, Bente Ente Blender, David Duckett and the amazing people that inspired this collection of songs. i wish i could have written one for every person i met while traveling across the country, i don’t know if you’ll ever realize the positive impact you make on the world so, from the bottom of my heart: thank you.

written in 2014 and recorded with Jack Shirley at Atomic Garden, East Palo Alto, CA.

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