This Is My Hand

This Is My Hand
Studio album by My Brightest Diamond
Released	September 16, 2014
Genre	Indie rock, Baroque pop
Length	40:58
Label	Asthmatic Kitty
Producer	Zac Rae, Shara Worden
My Brightest Diamond chronology
All Things Will Unwind (2011) This Is My Hand (2014)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7/10) [2]

This Is My Hand is the fifth album by My Brightest Diamond, released on September 16, 2014, on Asthmatic Kitty.

Track listing

All songs written by Shara Worden except as indicated.

1. "Pressure" 03:57
2. "Before the Words" 03:26
3. "This Is My Hand" 03:45
4. "Lover Killer" (Helga Davis, Shara Worden, Zac Rae) 03:59
5. "I Am Not the Bad Guy" (Helga Davis, Shara Worden) 05:11
6. "Looking at the Sun" (Earl Harvin, Shara Worden) 03:43
7. "Shape" 04:27
8. "So Easy" 04:08
9. "Resonance" (Earl Harvin, Shara Worden) 04:24
10. "Apparition" (Shara Worden, Zac Rae, lyrics: Stéphane Mallarmé) 03:54

Personnel

• Shara Worden – vocals, guitar, keyboards, drum programming, kalimba, wind & choral arrangements
• Zac Rae – keyboards, guitar, percussion, drum programming
• Casey Foubert – guitar, keyboards, autoharp, percussion, "interruptions"
• Timo Andres – piano, celesta
• Chris Bruce – bass guitar
• Earl Harvin – drums, drum machine
• Brian Wolfe – drums, percussions
• Jason Treuting – glockenspiel
• Megan Levin – harp
• Alex Sopp – flute
• Hideaki Aomori – alto saxophone, clarinet
• CJ Camerieri – trumpet, horn
• Michael Davis – trombone
• Khorikos Choir – "gang vocals"
• DM Stith - guest vocalist

Production

• Produced by Zac Rae and Shara Worden
• Vocals recorded by John Smerek, Shara Worden and Zac Rae; Joel Hamburger (choir)
• Vocal editing by Lawson White, Shara Worden and Zac Rae
• Winds recorded by Pat Dillett assisted by David Groener
• Drums recorded by Casey Foubert, Giovanni Nicoletta and Zac Rae
• Mixed and mastered by S. Husky Hoskulds
• Album layout and design by DM Stith
• Cover photography by Bernd Preiml

References

1. Phares, Heather (2014-09-16). "This Is My Hand - My Brightest Diamond". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
2. Torres, Eric (2014-09-15). "My Brightest Diamond This Is My Hand". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2014-09-23.