Patent Pending (album)

Patent Pending
Studio album by Heavens
Released	September 11, 2006 (EU) September 12, 2006 (US)
Recorded	2005-2006
Genre	Alternative rock, Indie 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 of F-Minus.

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

Track listing

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

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

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

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

Samples

• Listen to "Patent Pending" at Epitaph.com