Personnel

• Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
   – Wrote and performed the majority of the songs.
• Ted Stevens
  Ted Stevens (musician)
  Ted Stevens is an American rock musician from Omaha, Nebraska, best known as the guitarist and backup singer for the band Cursive, as well as fronting Mayday...
  
   – Plays drums on The Awful Sweetness of Escaping Sweat.
• Todd Fink
  Todd Fink
  Todd Fink from Omaha, Nebraska is the lead singer of the band The Faint. He attended Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska....
  
   – Recorded and drummed on A Celebration Upon Completion.
• M. Bowen – Played drums on One Straw (Please).
• Neely Jenkins
  Neely Jenkins
  Neely Jo Jenkins is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska best known for being a singer in the band Tilly and the Wall. She was also a member of the band Park Ave. with Tilly and the Wall bandmate Jamie Pressnall, . Previously, Jenkins sang "Contrast and Compare" and "Pull My Hair" with Bright Eyes on...
  
   – Backup vocals on Feb. 15th.
• Matthew Oberst, Sr. – Played guitar on "The 'Feel Good' Revolution"