PRODUCED BY BRANDON CALANO (BECOMING YOUNG)
ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY BRANDON CALANO (BECOMING YOUNG) ASCAP
Acoustic drums on “House,” “Cold,” “Chains,” and “Illusions” by Christian Teele. Bass on “Twists & Turns” by Taylor Tuke. B3 on “Colors” by Eric Moon.
All other vocals, instruments, and programming by Brandon Calano.
Recorded by Brandon Calano at Studio B in Boulder, Colorado (2013–2016). Additional drum recording on “House,” “Chains,” and “Illusions” engineered
by Brandon Calano at Coupe Studios. Additional drum recording on “Cold” by Christian Teele. B3 recording on “Colors” by Brandon Meagher at Colorado Sound.
Mixed and mastered by Brandon Calano at Studio B. Front cover and disc artwork by Carsen Calano. Graphic design by Sandra Jonas.
Album photography by Brandon Calano.
I would like to thank the special people who played an inimitable and central role during the writing, production, and recording of Circling the Flame: Deborah Weller (MOM!), Jimmy Calano (DAD!), Gretchen Christoph, Dallas Thornton, Martin Better, Andrew Taylor, Steve Carter, Carsen Calano, John Weller, Gillian Goodman, the Brodies, Grammy Lo & Opa, Grammy Sandra & Grandpa Ron, Gwen & Richard Knorr, Tamara Quezaire, Taylor Tuke, Forrest Raup, Casey Coviello, Ryan Fries, John McVey, Scott Roche, Greg McRae, Alex Hawley, the Coupe Studios Family, Jared Januschka, Emily Oliver, Max Jaffee, Madison Boyer-Hayse, Jen + Paul + Dani + Hannah Weyman, and Ryder Dale. My deepest gratitude to every one of you.
A heartfelt thank-you to my foremost musical inspirations: Trevor Hall, Chadwick Stokes, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Ben Howard, Dallas Thornton, Martin Better—you all shaped the musical direction of this album in a massive way.
Big love to Martin for asking me whenever I saw him why this CD wasn’t done yet—I needed and appreciate the push. Special thanks to Dallas for lending me his ears to wrap up this beast. Gretchen, thank you for your endless love, encouragement, and support. Mom and Dad, I could not have completed this project without you.
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