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Flashlights is the third record by the Atlanta-based independent rock band Y-O-U

Y-O-U

Y-O-U, also known as the Pleaserock collective, is a rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, probably most widely known for their collaborations with The Brothers Chaps on projects such as Strong Bad Sings and the karaoke music from strongbad email.exe...

. The album was first made available via free download on the band's MySpace

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profile on New Year's Day

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, 2007, and on compact disc

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on January 23 of the same year.

According to the band's official MySpace

MySpace

profile, Flashlights was the exclusive theme music of the Phillips Lounge at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

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Track listing

"The Physics of Giving (Einstein Song)" - 4:23
"Goodnight Goes" - 8:32
"Medicine Man" - 3:45
"Moviekiss" (new version) - 3:43
"...Now Everyone Knows..." (an extended ending of "Moviekiss") - 1:39
"Glad" - 1:03
"I Found You" - 2:12
"Break" - 5:11
"Alright, Alright, Alright" - 2:27
"All Arranged #7" (a different version of "All Arranged #2" from Everything is Shifting
Everything Is Shifting
Everything is Shifting is a 2005 EP by Atlanta-based rock band Y-O-U. The record represented a striking change in the band's sound, both lyrically and musically, the latter change being inspired in part by the departure of two members, Eric Park and Matt Sonnicksen, in 2004...

) - 4:30
"Second Chance" - 3:43
"Let It Go" - 3:05
"Glad I Found You. Again." - 0:40
"Effort" - 5:46

Music videos

"The Physics of Giving"

Dir: Ryan Sterritt (Homestar Runner
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technician)
Sign language: Y-O-U

"Moviekiss"

Dir: Adam Stills
Video is composed of kiss scenes from movies.
One video uses album version; an alternate similar video uses a live performance track.

"Break"

Dir: Tyler James
Feat: Clay Cook
Song is a live performance, not the album version.
Filmed in stop-motion animation.

Additional musicians

Clay Cook
Clay Cook
Douglas "Clay" Cook is a songwriter, producer and musician who co-wrote several songs with Grammy-winner John Mayer including "No Such Thing", "Comfortable", and "Neon"...

- Guitar, organ, Rhodes, pedal steel, banjo, backing vocals
Mark Bencuya - Piano, Wurlitzer, arp strings
Dog Stevens (Cobb) - Typewriter
Saul Pimon (Olson) - Indian flute
Lenny Koggins (Niespodziani) - Recorders

Technical

Producer: Geoff Melkonian and Y-O-U
Additional production: Kristofer Sampson and Cliff Byrd
Engineer: Kristofer Sampson
Additional engineering: Clay Cook, Peter Olson, Nicholas Niespodziani
Mixer: David Barbe
Mastered by: Alex Lowe
Art Design & Photography: Theodore Schuyler

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