Way Upstate and the Crippled Summer, pt. 1
EP by Frontier Ruckus
Released	June 20, 2009
Genre	Folk rock
Language	English
Label	Lower Peninsula Records
Frontier Ruckus chronology
The Orion Songbook (2008) Way Upstate and the Crippled Summer, pt. 1 (2009) Deadmalls and Nightfalls (2010)

Way Upstate and the Crippled Summer, pt. 1 is an EP by Frontier Ruckus, released in 2009 between the releases of The Orion Songbook and Deadmalls & Nightfalls. It is only available on the double-vinyl edition of the former.

Track listing

All songs written by Matthew Milia

1. "One-Story-Carport-Houses"
2. "The Great Laketown"
3. "Ann Arbortown"
4. "Mohawk, New York"
5. "Driving Home, Christmas Eve"
6. "Abigail"

Personnel

Frontier Ruckus

• Matthew Milia – lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar
• David Winston Jones – banjo, dobro, voice
• Ryan "Smalls" Etzcorn – drum kit, all percussion, background vocals
• Zachary Nichols – trumpet, singing-saw, melodica
• Anna Burch – voice

Guest Musicians

• Ryan Hay – piano on track 1, background vocals on track 1
• John Krohn – bass guitar on track 1, background vocals on track 1
• Angelica Tovar – background vocals on track 1

Production

• Produced by Frontier Ruckus
• Engineered by John Krohn
• Assistant engineer on track 1 was Ian Walker
• Mastered by Glenn Brown
• Artwork and Design by Matthew Milia
• Recorded and Mixed at Deep Deep Pink in Lansing, Michigan during the summer of 2007 and winter of 2008–2009

References

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