I write the songs, sing, play some guitar (not the flashy stuff). But for me, the best part of the music-making process is the collaboration: Seeing talents collide. So Flashpot Moments includes an ever-evolving, outrageously talented team. And that’s kinda the point. Myriad credits below. — Tim

 

Producers

Andy Pinkham: Places Unknown • Strangers Dance • On Some Awful Night • Splode • Abigail, Mispronounced • The Learning Curve •  Stories We’ve Told • The Last Stand (Boston Session) • Messy • Something So Obvious • The Human Heart is an A**hole • Irresponsible Song • BadThingDoer • Impatience Is A Virtue • If She’s Wondering •  Madeline • Woke Up On A Couch • Mayhem Ensues • The Stadium Version • Riveted • Headfirst • Wrongs Got Right • There Just Then (2020 Session) • The Jangle Version • Unboring (Boston Session) • Last Call • I Don’t Wanna Get Better • Allison/Alison • Knockoff • Wasted in Waltz Time • Confession • Jealous • Itch • Trust U (co-writer) • Fun Is Hard (co-writer) • Don’t Know It Yet • Lat Den Rulla (with Jamie Edwards) • Beautiful, Unkillable • An Interruption • Palindrome • The Crowd That Was • Possibly, Maybe • Coaster Shrapnel • Code • Young Sends Me Tunes • (Not Quite So) Messy • The View From Here (vocals @ Wooly Mammoth) • A Phantom Taste • The Optimist • Go Figure • 2:58 • With Purpose

Tom Polce: Give A Sh!t • Sad But Thrilling • Hands Up • Satisfaction Isn’t • Unboring • Baby, You Don’t Know

Hal Cragin: There, Just Then • Can’t Wait To Find Out • The Last Stand (LA Session)

Brandon Eggleston: Where We Ought To Be • Someday (But Not Today) • The View From Here

Jamie Woolford: One Too Many Great Ideas • Pile On • (Not Quite So) Messy

Brian Charles: Lying To Myself on a Monday, • The Cashier Thinks “Oh No, Not Today” • The Optimist (Rare Signals Sessions) • Reclamation • Feelgood Hit of the Winter • Phull Spector

Marc LaCuesta: Thank You, Meathead DJ (Nashville Session, Sound Emporium Studio)

Nick Semanchik: Lat Den Rulla (Asbury Park Session, Lake House Studio)

Mixers

Tom Polce: Places Unknown • Strangers Dance • On Some Awful Night • Splode • Abigail, Mispronounced • The Learning Curve •  Stories We’ve Told • The Last Stand •  Impatience Is A Virtue • If She’s Wondering • Give A Sh!t • Sad But Thrilling • Hands Up • Satisfaction Isn’t • Unboring • Headfirst • Trust U • Lat Den Rulla • An Interruption • Baby, You Don’t Know

John Agnello: Something So Obvious • Messy

Brandon Eggleston: The Human Heart Is An A**hole • Wrongs Got Right • Riveted • There, Just Then • Woke Up On A Couch • I Don’t Wanna Get Better • Alison/Alison • Knockoff • Wasted in Waltz Time • Confession • Beautiful, Unkillable • Palindrome • The Cashier Thinks “Oh No, Not Today” • Where We Ought To Be • Someday (But Not Today) • The View From Here

Jason Livermore: BadThingDoer • Irresponsible Song

Will Yip: Mayhem Ensues

Will Kennedy: Thank You, Meathead DJ

Jamie Woolford: The Stadium Version • Jealous • Itch • One Too Many Great Ideas • Pile On • Young Sends Me Tunes • (Not Quite So) Messy • Code

John Goodmanson: Madeline

Kevin Ratterman: Last Call

Hal Cragin: Fun Is Hard • Don’t Know It Yet

Dave Brophy: The Crowd That Was

Anton Hagop: Possibly, Maybe • With Purpose • A Phantom Taste • 2:58

Tim Roe: Code (UK Mix)

Brian Charles: Lying to Myself on a Monday • The Optimist • Reclamation • Feelgood Hit of the Winter • Go Figure • Phull Spector

Guitars / Bass / Strings

Andy Pinkham: Guitars and bass on almost everything he produced. E-bow also figures prominently

Tom Polce: Give A Sh!t • Sad, But Thrilling • Hands Up • Satisfaction Isn’t • Unboring • The Last Stand • Baby, You Don't Know

Mike Gustat: Irresponsible Song • Wrongs Got Right • Last Call (co-writer)

Brian Charles: Lying to Myself on a Monday • The Cashier Thinks “Oh No, Not Today” • The Optimist •  Reclamation, Feelgood Hit of the Winter • 2:58 • Phull Spector

Annie Hoffman (bass): Lying to Myself on a Monday • The Cashier Thinks “Oh No, Not Today” • The Optimist •  Reclamation • Feelgood Hit of the Winter • Phull Spector

Hal Cragin: There, Just Then • Can’t Wait To Find Out • The Last Stand • Fun Is Hard • Don’t Know It Yet • Beautiful, Unkillable • An Interruption • The Crowd That Was • Young Sends Me Tunes • Coaster Shrapnel • Code (UK Mix) • Possibly, Maybe • With Purpose • Go Figure • 2:58

Dave Depper: Where We Ought To Be • Someday (But Not Today)

Damian Erskine (bass): Where We Ought To Be • Someday (But Not Today)

Conan Skyrme: Give A Sh!t • Sad, But Thrilling

Mike Gent: Can’t Wait To Find Out

Justin Weaver: Thank You, Meathead DJ

Ben Ouellette (mandolin): Impatience is a Virtue

Jamie Woolford: The Stadium Version • Itch • One Too Many Great Ideas • Pile On 

Ruti Celli (Cello): Sad, But Thrilling • I Don’t Wanna Get Better • Confession • The Crowd That Was • Coaster Shrapnel

Jamie Edwards: Lat Den Rulla, With Purpose

Mike Secher: Came This Close

Drums

Steve Scully: The Learning Curve • Can’t Wait to Find Out • The Last Stand • Something So Obvious • Thank You, Meathead DJ • Trust U • Code (UK Mix) • A Phantom Taste • With Purpose

Tom Polce: Give A Sh!t • Sad But Thrilling • Hands Up • Satisfaction Isn’t • Unboring • Baby, You Don’t Know • Possibly, Maybe • Coaster Shrapnel

Dave Brophy: On Some Awful Night • Irresponsible Song • Impatience Is A Virtue (w/ marimba) • Mayhem Ensues • Woke Up On A Couch • Riveted • Headfirst • I Don’t Wanna Get Better • Alison/Alison • Knockoff • Confession • Fun Is Hard • Don’t Know It Yet • Lat Den Rulla • Beautiful, Unkillable • An Interruption • Palindrome

Ji Tanzer: Where We Ought To Be • Someday (But Not Today) • The View From Here

Gunter Schroder: Wrongs Got Right • Last Call

Sam Hardwig: One Too Many Great Ideas • Pile One • (Not Quite So) Messy

Peter Bartash: Lying to Myself on a Monday • The Cashier Thinks “Oh No, Not Today” • The Optimist • Reclamation • Came Thiiis Close • Phull Spector

Jamie Woolford: The Stadium Version • Itch (programming)

Tim: Places Unknown • Splode • Abigail, Mispronounced • Messy • If She’s Wondering • Madeline • There, Just Then

Christian Von Breeden: Jealous • The Crowd That Was

Keyboards

Daniel Hartzheim: Strangers Dance

Jamie Edwards: Places Unknown • ‘Splode • Stories We’ve Told • Messy • The Last Stand • If She’s Wondering • Something So Obvious • Unboring • The Learning Curve • Alison/Alison • Knockoff • Wasted in Waltz Time • Confession • Jealous • Itch • Trust U • Fun Is Hard • Don’t Know It Yet (co-writer) • Lat Den Rulla (co-writer) • Beautiful, Unkillable • An Interruption • Palindrome • Coaster Shrapnel • Code • Possibly, Maybe • With Purpose

Mike Schmid: Where We Ought To Be • Someday (But Not Today) • The View From Here • A Phantom Taste

Dave Depper: Where We Ought To Be

Tom Polce: Baby, You Don’t Know

Phil Aiken: ‘Splode • Messy • Stories We’ve Told • Riveted • The Crowd That Was • Code

Gunter Schroder: Wrongs Got Right • Last Call

Peter Moore: On Some Awful Night

Elizabeth Steen: Irresponsible Song • BadThingDoer

Hal Cragin: There, Just Then

Andy Pinkham: Headfirst • Woke Up On A Couch

Tom West: Phull Spector • Feelgood Hit of the Winter

Vocals

Kay Hanley: Baby, You Don’t Know

Hutch Harris: Where We Ought To Be • The View From Here

Ben Ouelette: The Last Stand • Knockoff

Alana Carpenter: Wrongs Got Right, Last Song of the Night

Conan Skyrme: There, Just Then • The Last Stand • Sad, But Thrilling • Knockoff • Palindrome

Mike Secher: The Plot Twist • The Optimist • Reclamation • Phull Spector • Feelgood Hit of the Winter

Elizabeth Steen: Irresponsible Song • BadThingDoer

Mike Gustat: Last Call • There, Just Then • Wrongs Got Right

Aaron Shadwell: Woke Up On A Couch • Mayhem Ensues • I Don’t Wanna Get Better • Alison/Alison • Knockoff • Wasted in Waltz Time • Confession • Itch • Trust U • Fun Is Hard • Lat Den Rulla • Beautiful, Unkillable • An Interruption • Palindrome • Possibly, Maybe • Code

Jamie Woolford: One Too Many Great Ideas • Pile On • Lying to Myself on a Monday

Tom Polce: Headfirst • Satisfied, However • Give a Sh!t • If She’s Wondering…

Emily Dempsey: I Don’t Wanna Get Better • Alison/Alison • Knockoff • Wasted in Waltz Time • Confession

Tom Heim: Lat Den Rulla

Jamie Edwards: Jealous • Fun Is Hard • An Interruption • Palindrome • With Purpose

Mastering

Adam Ayan @ Gateway/Portland: Flashpot Moments (eponymous first album)

Greg Calbi @ Sterling Sound: The Chronicles of Sydney and Nathan

Ed Brooks @ Resonant/Seattle: Describing The Ruckus • Campfires for Cavepeople • Out of Hand

Eric Conn @ Independent Mastering/Nashville: Very Far

Brian Charles @ Rare Signals: Lucky Human Illusion

Dan Coutant @ Sun Room Audio: Sauce, Bomastic Fantastic