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Product Identifiers

Record LabelWarner Bros. UK, Wbuk

UPC0075597943887

eBay Product ID (ePID)9054807472

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2016

GenreRock

ArtistLayus, Dan

Release TitleDangerous Things

Dimensions

Item Height0.18 in

Item Weight0.08 lb

Item Length5.15 in

Item Width4.99 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks11

Number of Discs1

Tracks1.1 Dangerous Things (Feat. the Secret Sisters) 1.2 Driveway 1.3 Four Rings (Feat. the Secret Sisters) 1.4 You Can Have Mine (Feat. the Secret Sisters) 1.5 Only Gets Darker (Feat. the Secret Sisters) 1.6 Call Me When You Get There 1.7 Let Me Lose You 1.8 Fell in Love on a Beach 1.9 Destroyer 1.10 Enough for You 1.11 The Nightbird (Feat. the Secret Sisters)

NotesDangerous Things spans influences from Hank Williams to Tom Waits, from Dwight Yoakam to Woody Guthrie. The album was recorded in Nashville at SouthxSea Studios with minimal production. The lyrics are about life's struggles and it's simple joys, and harmonies are provided by Muscle Shoals' own Secret Sisters. Primarily known as the frontman of the critically acclaimed band Augustana, Layus explains, "I always knew this album was out there waiting, I just had to let it come to me. That was the most challenging part of this record. It was three years of repeatedly realizing I was trying too hard to write a perfect song. It all started to make sense and feel good as soon as I stopped treating songwriting like it was songwriting. Somewhere along the way I decided that if an idea was going to turn into a song on this album, then it had to be written organically and purely. It had to be an inspired moment that was unfolding melodically, musically and lyrically, all while making me feel something. Subsequently, that's how I recorded the songs-I played the song live a few times in front of some microphones and when I felt something real happen, we moved onto the next one. The songs and recordings on this album are inspired by other people's stories and informed by my own experiences and I've never felt more proud or comfortable sharing an album as I feel with this one."