Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground is the debut, self-titled album from Seattle musical collective Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground

Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground

Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground is an indie band started by Kirk Huffman and Kyle O'Quin of Gatsbys American Dream. Like Gatsbys, the band draws influence from a wide variety of musical genres...

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After a copy of the band's cassette found its way to John Sidel of V2 Records

V2 Records

V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....

, the band signed an initial agreement to record a full-length album, but V2 was bought out by Universal Music shortly thereafter and a finalized contract never materialized.

The band eventually struck a deal with Vinyl Collective, a subsidiary of Suburban Home Records

Suburban Home Records

Suburban Home Records and Distribution is a record label based in Denver, Colorado, United States. The label was founded in 1995 by Virgil Dickerson, and is known for focusing on vinyl releases and bands in the pop-punk and alt-country genres. Its roster has included Two Cow Garage, Drag the River,...

, to put out a double-LP vinyl version of the album. It was made available on the Vinyl Collective website in March 2008 after the band quietly released it on Amazon.com

Amazon.com

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's MP3 download store. The album has since been made available for download on iTunes

ITunes

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The album was released on compact disc on May 26, 2009 via Suburban Home.

Track listing

All songs and lyrics written by Kirk Huffman and Kyle O'Quin. Orchestral arrangements by Phillip A. Peterson.

1. Into The Realm Of The Unknown (0:59)
2. Hey Momma' (4:11)
3. Birds (On A Day Like Today) (3:54)
4. Simon Courage Flees The Coop (3:26)
5. Ol' Rum Davies (2:27)
6. Bowie The Desert Pea (5:03)
7. Santa Cruz Lined Pockets (3:43)
8. Bloodstone Goddess (5:38)
9. Cloud Country (3:44)
10. Swan Ink (5:04)
11. Night Of The Star Child's Funk (5:03)
12. One Ought To See (2:50)
13. All Alone (6:38)
14. Sword and Sorcery (Vinyl-only bonus track)

Vinyl information

The album's first pressing had three different variations on vinyl, totaling 1,000 copies in the first run:

• Transparent rainbow - 200 copies (no longer available)
• Milky rainbow - 300 copies
• Orange with red speckles - 500 copies

The second pressing was pressed on standard blue.

Kay Kay

• Kirk Huffman - lead vocals, guitar
• Kyle O'Quin - keys, backing vocals
• Phillip A. Peterson - cello, backing vocals, falsetto vocals

His Weathered Underground

• Victoria Parker - violin, backing vocals
• Robert Parker - trumpet
• Chet Peterson
• Flora Peterson
• Robin Marsh
• Jonathan Peterson
• JJ Jang - violin
• Joey Seward - tuba
• Erik Howk
• Nate Mooter
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   - bass, backing vocals
• Jacob Hoffman
• Cameron Parkins
• Thomas Hunter
  Forgive Durden
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   - guitar
• Garrett Lunceford
  The Divorce
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   - drums
• Racheal Huffman - backing vocals, percussion
• Carey Rayburn - trumpet
• Jacob Kauffman
• Valdy

Credits

• Produced by Phillip A. Peterson, Kirk Huffman, and Kyle O'Quin.
• Engineered by Phillip A. Peterson, assisted by Matt Clifford.
• Addition recording by Tom Pfaeffle at The Tank Studio
• Mixed and mastered by Tom Pfaeffle.