Feast of Wire (2003)

Feast of Wire is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Calexico. The album was released on February 18, 2003, through Quarterstick Records.

Reception

Joe Tangari of Pitchfork called Feast of Wire Calexico's "first genuinely masterful full-length, crammed with immediate songcraft, shifting moods and open-ended exploration," and "the album we always knew they had in them but feared they would never make."

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD Universe.

Calexico

Joey Burns – guitar, upright bass, accordion, percussion, cuatro, cello, orchestra bells, pump organ, mandolin, bowed banjo, vibes, synthesizer, melodica, vocals

John Convertino – drums, percussion, piano (track 9)

Paul Niehaus – pedal steel

Jacob Valenzuela – trumpet (tracks 2, 7, 10, 11, 15)

Martin Wenk – accordion (tracks 4, 7), trumpet (tracks 7, 11), bowed vibes (track 16)

Volker Zander – upright bass (tracks 4, 16)

Additional personnel

Ed Kay – flute (track 15)

Eddie Lopez – button accordion (track 11)

Nick Luca – synthesizer (tracks 2, 5, 10), piano (tracks 4, 15), vibes (track 10), electric guitar (track 15)

Jeff "Fruitpie" Marchant – trombone (track 15)

Craig Schumacher – synthesizer (tracks 2, 16), tympani (track 7), backup vocals (tracks 1, 2), trumpet (track 2)

Fernando Valencia – violin (track 11)

Joseph Valenzuela – trombone (track 2)