1. Emergence
2. Aubade
3. Guardrail
4. Groundswell
5. Lowland
6. Paper Birch
7. Wind Erosion
8. Sea Smoke
9. Swale (feat. Darlingside)
10. Quiet Corner
11. Sand Island
12. Shallow Water Dictionary
13. Rivulet
14. Meander
15. Wrack
16. Refuge
Produced by Dan Cardinal
All songs written and performed by Ben Cosgrove
Performed by:
Hamilton Belk - pedal steel guitar (6, 16)
Ben Cosgrove - pianos, Fender Rhodes, Korg SV-1, Yamaha Reface CS, accordion, acoustic and electric guitars,
harmonium, drums and percussion, Sequential Prophet-6, upright bass, bass guitar,
field recordings, violin, suitcase, dictionary
James Humphrey - additional percussion (4, 8), chatter (3)
Don Mitchell - vocals (9)
Auyon Mukharji - violin (1, 9), vocals (9)
Harris Paseltiner - cello (1, 8, 10), vocals (9)
Doug & Patti Petersen-Zimmerman - barking (6)
Recorded by Dan Cardinal at Dimension Sound Studios (Boston, MA)
Mixed and mastered by Dan Cardinal
Additional engineering by Tony Petersen in St. Paul, MN; Jacob Reske in Montpelier, VT; Hamilton Belk in Warren, ME; Harris Paseltiner in Northampton, MA; Don Mitchell in Waltham, MA; Auyon Mukharji in Machiasport, ME; and Ben Cosgrove in Fitchburg, MA; Rindge, NH; Eastford, CT; Oysterville, WA; and Portland, ME.
Pianos: 1891 Steinway Model A Grand, 1885 Kimball Oak Upright (with masking tape), Kawai baby grand
Special thanks to the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge, Willapa Bay AiR, and
the Yale-Myers Forest for supporting this project, and to Paul Kinsman, Matt Merrow, and Andrew
Schulman for letting me borrow their respective musical instruments to record it.
Cover art: “Afternoon Dune,” monotype print by Mary Gordon McFall (mary-gordon.com)
Album design by Ben Cosgrove
Copyright 2025-26 Ben Cosgrove