Like all labors of love, this album is the product of a team of wonderful people. Thank you especially to engineer and producer Jake Lummus who was an absolute blast to work with. You added your musical prowess to every song, supported me through inner roadblocks, and guided the songs into the right collaborative hands. Thank you to drummer Josh Dion and bassist Geoff Kraly. Your talent took my songs to a sonic hemisphere that sky-rocketed my vision. Thank you to violinist Reid Jenkins for making the Blaze a feathery powerhouse. Thank you to my dad, Ira Stone, for inspiring the rocker in me with fiery and intuitive electric guitar/hammond organ accompaniment. Thank you to Jean Rohe for being an empowering inspiration and for your deeply magical singing and vocal arranging on the hottest day of summer 2023. Thank you to Lanier Sammons for turning “November” into a lilting instrumental soundscape. Thank you to Max DeVincenzo for being the first collaborator on the album with the rhythm and design of “Surrounded”, jump-starting this musical journey. Thank you to Fred Kevorkian for mastering the album with precision.
Thank you to my parents, Maxine and Ira Stone, for literally everything. I’m so grateful for your abundance of love, patience, and appreciation. Thank you to my brother, Justin, for being the first listener and supporter of the completed album.
Thank you to my patreon members for being with me behind the scenes and helping me fund this album. Special thanks to Daniel, who was the first in-person listener for most of these songs and whose presence encouraged and inspired me.
I love this album. Am I allowed to say that? I hope so, because it’s true. I love these songs because they are true. I hope you love them too, but through this process I’ve been learning that my own love for my music is enough. Thank you for receiving it in whatever way you receive it, in whatever mental/emotional space you currently find yourself. Wherever and however you are: it will pass. So, don’t miss it.
credits
released May 27, 2023
Trace
Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals: Lyndsay Stone
Drums: Josh Dion
Bass: Geoff Kraly
Electric guitar/hammond organ: Ira Stone
Background vocals: Jean Rohe
No Guarantees
Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals: Lyndsay Stone
Drums: Josh Dion
Bass: Geoff Kraly
Electric guitar: Ira Stone
Synth programming, additional acoustic and electric guitars, tambourine: Jake Lummus
Background vocals: Jean Rohe
The Blaze
Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals: Lyndsay Stone
Violin: Reid Jenkins
Drums: Josh Dion
Bass: Geoff Kraly
Synth programming, additional acoustic guitars, sound design/FX programming: Jake Lummus
Electric guitar: Ira Stone
Background vocals: Jean Rohe
Surrounded 2.0
Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals: Lyndsay Stone
Violin: Lyndsay Stone
Additional acoustic guitar, electric bass: Jake Lummus
Sound design of synth, piano, electric bass, drums: Max DeVincenzo
Co-produced by Max DeVincenzo
A Couple Seeds
Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals: Lyndsay Stone
Drums/percussion: Josh Dion
Bass: Geoff Kraly
Electric guitar: Ira Stone
Synths/pads, percussion: Jake Lummus
Background vocals: Jean Rohe
November
Classical guitar: Lyndsay Stone
Arranged by Lanier Sammons
Tree-sized Limbs
Lead vocals, acoustic guitar: Lyndsay Stone
Drums/percussion: Josh Dion
Bass: Geoff Kraly
Electric guitar: Ira Stone
Background vocals: Jean Rohe
Evermore
Lead vocals, violin, acoustic guitar, background vocals: Lyndsay Stone
Background vocals, FX programming, synth programming, sound design: Jake Lummus
Another Layer
Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals: Lyndsay Stone
Drums/percussion: Josh Dion
Bass: Geoff Kraly
Electric guitar: Ira Stone
Additional acoustic and electric guitars, drum programming, omnichord: Jake Lummus
Background vocals: Jean Rohe
Firefly
Lead vocals, electric guitar, background vocals: Lyndsay Stone
Casio SK1, drum programming: Jake Lummus
All songs written by Lyndsay Stone
Vocal arrangements for tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9 by Jean Rohe
and for tracks 4, 8, and 10 by Lyndsay Stone
Album engineered, mixed, and produced by Jake Lummus at Grand Street Recording in Brooklyn, NY*^
*except for track 4 which was co-produced by Max DeVincenzo in Lafayette, CO
^and track 6 which was arranged and recorded by Lanier Sammons in Monterey, CA
Lyndsay is a folk-rock singer/songwriter based in NYC. She emphasizes lyricism and layers it over intricate fingerpicking,
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