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Field Manual is the second solo album by Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard , Chris Walla , Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr ....

 guitarist Chris Walla

Chris Walla

Christopher Walla is an American musician and music producer, most notable for being the guitarist for the band Death Cab for Cutie. He is also a former DJ of KCWU, 88.1 The Burg...

, released on January 29, 2008 on Barsuk Records

Barsuk Records

Barsuk Records is an independent record label based in Seattle, Washington, started and still managed by the members of the band This Busy Monster, Christopher Possanza and Josh Rosenfeld, who created the label in 1994 to release their band's material. Its logo is a drawing of a dog holding a...

. The album is Walla's first under his own name. It was previously speculated that Walla may use a moniker, most likely Martin Youth Auxiliary, under which to release the album.

The album was originally named It Is Unsustainable.

Release

Walla originally announced on his Hall of Justice Recording site that the album would be released in March 2007, but Field Manual was pushed back to September 2007. The album was then set for a later release date of January 29, 2008. The record was released in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 via Architecture

Architecture Label

Architecture Label is an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia.- Artists with releases on Architecture :* Belles Will Ring* Bit By Bats* Death Cab for Cutie* Pedro the Lion* School of Emotional Engineering* So Many Dynamos...

, the same label that released three Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard , Chris Walla , Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr ....

 albums. Warne Livesey co-produced the album with Walla.

All tracks performed by Chris Walla, except drums on 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 by Kurt Dahle

Kurt Dahle

Kurt Dahle is a Canadian musician best known for his work as a drummer with the rock bands Age of Electric, Limblifter, and The New Pornographers....

 (of The New Pornographers

The New Pornographers

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); drums on songs 3, 7, and 11 by Jason McGerr

Jason McGerr

Jason McGerr is the current drummer for the band Death Cab for Cutie. McGerr was previously in Krusters Kronomid and Eureka Farm as well as the Seattle jazz trio Rockin' Teenage Combo. McGerr is an instructor at the Seattle Drum School when not playing drums for Death Cab for Cutie...

 (of Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard , Chris Walla , Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr ....

)

Track listing

1. "Two-Fifty" - 3:31
2. "The Score" - 2:58
3. "Sing Again" - 2:31
4. "A Bird Is a Song" - 3:08
5. "Geometry &C" - 3:07
6. "Everyone Needs a Home" - 3:06
7. "Everybody On" - 3:17
8. "Our Plans, Collapsing" - 3:56
9. "Archer v. Light" - 3:06
10. "St. Modesto" 4:27
11. "It's Unsustainable" - 5:56
12. "Holes" - 2:40
13. "Every Tic" (Australian Bonus Track)
14. "Like a Spark" (Australian Bonus Track)

Bonus tracks

Copies pre-ordered from the Barsuk shop before February 4, 2008 received three downloadable non-album MP3 bonus tracks.

1. "Like a Spark" - 4:31
2. "Sing Again (2006 Demo)" - 2:32
3. "Our Plans, Collapsing (2006 Demo)" - 3:47