Part the Second

Part the Second
Studio album by maudlin of the Well
Released	May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)
Genre	Post-rock progressive rock art rock chamber music
Length	44:32
Label	Independent, Antithetic
Producer	Toby Driver
maudlin of the Well chronology
Leaving Your Body Map (2001) Part the Second (2009)

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Part the Second is maudlin of the Well's fourth album. It was funded by donations from fans, and released for free on the internet in three formats, including a FLAC-encoded 24-bit version. The fans who donated prior to the album's release are credited as executive producers. Donations of any amount continue to be accepted via the band's official website.^[2]

In September 2010, the album was released as a limited-edition colored vinyl LP by Antithetic Records,^[3] and on CD by Blood Music in 2012.

Track listing

1. "An Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, or, the Revisitation of the Blue Ghost" – 10:55
2. "Another Excerpt: Keep Light Near You, Even When Dying" – 5:59
3. "Rose Quartz Turning to Glass" – 7:30
4. "Clover Garland Island" – 8:18
5. "Laboratories of the Invisible World (Rollerskating the Cosmic Palmistric Postborder)" – 11:50

Personnel

• Toby Driver – guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Sam Gutterman – drums, bass guitar, other percussion
• Terran Olson – flute, alto and baritone saxophone, piano, organ, synths
• Greg Massi – guitar
• Josh Seipp-Williams – guitar

Guest musicians

• Mia Matsumiya – violin
• David Bodie – orchestral percussion, hand claps
• Madeleine Craw – cello
• Jim Fogarty – "hammond elbow"

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