Audio Mixers: Noah Georgeson; Chad Weis.

Recording information: Our Rehearsal Space, Minneapolis, MN; Pachyderm Studio, Cannon Falls, MN; The Devil's Workshop, Minneapolis, MN.

Photographer: Matt Hoyle.

Although Mason Jennings had been recording for years prior to this 2006 album, BONECLOUDS introduced the Minnesotan singer-songwriter to a wider audience, thanks, in part, to its championing by Modest Mouse's Issac Brock. The first act signed to Brock's Glacial Pace imprint on Epic Records, Jennings specializes in indie-folk marked by slightly off-key vocals and chiming melodies, as evidenced by the vibrant opening track, "Be Here Now," and the gentle "Moon Sailing on the Water." Not as quirky as its surrealist title would suggest, BONECLOUDS is an assured major-label debut by an artist who has admirably retained his relaxed sound.