Give Blood is the debut album from the Brighton

Brighton

Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

-based band, Brakes

Brakes (band)

Brakes is a four member band from Brighton, England. The group formed in 2003. It consists of Eamon Hamilton , Thomas White , Marc Beatty , and Alex White .-Biography:Brakes formed in 2003, when Thomas White and Alex White of The Electric Soft Parade saw Eamon Hamilton perform...

. The album was recorded onto 2" tape and mixed onto 1/4" tape in January 2005. Brakes and their 22-year old producer, Iain Gore, also removed all computer screens from the studio for the week and all the tracks were recorded live, with the duets being recorded around one mike. The only overdubs were lap steel on "Jackson" by bassist Marc Beatty, piano by drummer Alex White and guitar by Tom White on "I Can't Stand To Stand Beside You".

The album also features Matt Eaton of Actress Hands on "The Most Fun", Liela Moss of The Duke Spirit

The Duke Spirit

The Duke Spirit are an English rock band based in London. Their sound has been seen as a melding of many influences ranging from the alternative noise of 1980s/90s guitar bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and Spacemen 3, the tremulous rock n roll of bands such as The Gun Club and The...

 on "Jackson" and Rose, Becki and Julia of The Pipettes

The Pipettes

The Pipettes are a British indie pop girl group formed in 2003 in Brighton by "svengali" Robert "Monster Bobby" Barry. The group has released two albums, We Are the Pipettes, and Earth vs...

 on "Sometimes Always".

The album was voted best of 2005 by the prestigious indie music shop Rough Trade.

Track listing

All songs by Brakes except where noted.

1. "Ring a Ding Ding"
2. "NY Pie"
3. "The Most Fun"
4. "Heard About Your Band"
5. "What's in It for Me?" (Hamilton/Farmer/Eaton/Gray, arr. by Brakes)
6. "You'll Always Have a Place to Stay"
7. "Cheney"
8. "I Can't Stand to Stand Beside You"
9. "Pick Up the Phone
   Pick Up the Phone
   "Pick Up the Phone" was the debut single from Brakes. It is a political rant bemoaning the failure of the world's leaders to sort out major issues. It implores the leaders of Israel, Palestine, America and the United Kingdom to simply "pick up the phone" and talk to each other...
   
   "
10. "You're So Pretty"
11. "Jackson
    Jackson (song)
    "Jackson" is a song, written in 1963 by Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler, about a married couple who find that the "fire" has gone out of their relationship...
    
    " (Jerry Leiber & Billy Edd Wheeler
    Billy Edd Wheeler
    Billy Edward "Edd" Wheeler is an American songwriter, performer, writer and visual artist. He has written songs performed by over 90 different artists including Judy Collins, Jefferson Airplane, Bobby Darin, The Kingston Trio, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Kenny Rogers, Hazel Dickens, and Elvis Presley...
    
    )
12. "All Night Disco Party
    All Night Disco Party
    "All Night Disco Party" is a song by Brakes. It was the band's second single and the first to be released on Rough Trade Records as opposed to its spin-off label Tugboat. The song showed Brakes progress from being a side project to a serious proposition as it picked up airplay, especially with the...
    
    "
13. "Hi How Are You"
14. "Comma Comma Comma Full Stop"
15. "Sometimes Always" (William Reid
    William Reid (musician)
    William Adam Reid is a guitarist, composer and, at times, singer for the Scottish alternative rock band, The Jesus and Mary Chain.-The Jesus and Mary Chain:...
    
    )
16. "Fell in Love with a Girl"

Brakes

• Eamon Hamilton
  Eamon Hamilton
  Eamon Hamilton is frontman of Brakes and formerly played keyboards for British Sea Power.-Biography:Eamon Peter Hamilton is the singer and songwriter for the band Brakes, born on 19 April 1974 in Stewart, BC, Canada and raised in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK.Hamilton moved to Brighton in 2000 and in...
  
   - vocals, guitar
• Marc Beatty - bass guitar, lapsteel
• Thomas White - electric guitar, percussion
• Alex White - drums, piano

Other musicians

• Matt Eaton - backing vocals on "The Most Fun"
• Liela Moss - duet vocals on "Jackson"
• Rose Elinor Dougall
  Rose Elinor Dougall
  Rose Elinor Dougall is an English singer, songwriter and musician best known for being a member of The Pipettes and for performing with Mark Ronson. She currently also performs and records as a solo artist.-Career:...
  
  , Rebecca Stephens
  Rebecca Stephens
  Rebecca Stephens is a singer, formerly with British band The Pipettes, where she was commonly known as RiotBecki....
  
  , Julia Clarke-Lowes
  The Indelicates
  The Indelicates are a Sussex-based English indie rock band. Formed in 2005 by Julia Clark-Lowes and Simon Clayton , the band currently consists of Julia and Simon, Alastair Clayton, Ed van Beinum, Lily Rae and Laurence Owen. They have released three albums - American Demo , released on Weekender...
  
  - duet vocals on "Sometimes Always"

Technical

• Iain Gore, Brakes - producer, mixing
• Tim Young - mastering
• Matt Paul, Fergus McHugh, Carlos Olmos - assistant engineering