Patent Pending (album)

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Patent Pending

Studio album by Heavens
Released	September 11, 2006 (EU) September 12, 2006 (US)
Recorded	2005-2006
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	42:00
Label	Epitaph Records
Producer	Ben Lovett, Heavens
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Patent Pending is the debut album by Heavens, a side project formed by Matt Skiba, vocalist and guitarist for Alkaline Trio, and Josiah Steinbrick.

The duo are accompanied on the album by a number of accomplished musicians, including The Mars Volta's Isaiah "Ikey" Owens.

1 Track listing
2 Production
3 Additional musicians
4 Miscellaneous
5 Samples

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Heavens (Steinbrick/Skiba) except where noted

"Gardens" – 3:05
"Counting" – 3:39
"Heather" – 3:53
"Patent Pending" – 3:45
"Dead End Girl" (Steinbrick/Skiba/Ben Lovett) – 4:58
"Doves" – 0:56
"Another Night" – 3:36
"Annabelle" (Steinbrick/Skiba/Sam Soto) – 3:53
"Watching You" – 4:14
"True Hate" – 5:16
"Leave" – 4:45

[edit] Production

Produced by Ben Lovett and Heavens
Engineered by Ben Lovett at Sunny Heights
Mixed by Ryan Hewitt
Assisted by George Gumbs
Mixed at Paramount Recording, Los Angeles and Encore Studios, Burbank
Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering
String engineering by Dana Neilsen and Donnie Whitbeck
String arrangement by Amanda Course, Todd Simon and Ben Lovett
Art direction and design by Nick Pritchard
Photography by Bryan Sheffield

[edit] Additional musicians

Matthew Compton: drums, percussion, piano
Adam Zuckert: additional drums
Isaiah "Ikey" Owens: organ
Erica Daking: backing vocals
Ben Lovett: drum programming, rhodes, synth, wurlitzer, percussion, noise, backing vocals, additional vocals and guitar on "Dead End Girl"
Julie Carpenter: violin
Marina Hall: violin
Paloma Udovic: violin
Amanda Course: viola
Mia Barcia-Colombo: cello
Ana Lenchantin: cello

[edit] Miscellaneous

The song "Heather" is about Heather Hannoura, a friend of Matt Skiba and an artist who also does a lot of the artwork on Alkaline Trio merchandise as well as many other bands.^{[citation needed]}

The song "Leave" was used in the film The Signal.