Iowa City Song Project album details

The Englert Theatre in Iowa City comissioned 31 acts around Iowa to record songs inspired by the experiences in or impressions of Iowa City in honor of the venue's 100th anniversary. The lineup of acts includes Greg Brown, William Elliott Whitmore, Wet Hair, The Poison Control Center and others.

The album will be out Nov. 6, and the theater will be hosting release shows Nov. 2-3 to celebrate.

First, let's look at the tracklist for the album:

“The Rules of Summer” – Alex Body

“Strange City” – Brooks Strause

“Summer Sun” – Greg Brown

“Help Thy Brother’s Boat Across” – David Zollo & The Body Electric

“Doesn’t Take Long” – Pieta Brown

“Run Johnny Run” – William Elliott Whitmore

“A Short Walk” – Rene Hell

“Up The Street From You” – Sam Knutson / Milk & Eggs

“So It Goes” – Caroline Smith & Jesse Schuster

“No Place Like Home” – Bo Ramsey

“Death Buggy” (House of Large Sizes cover) – Samuel Locke Ward

“Old Capital City” – The Poison Control Center

“Strings” – Emperors Club

“The North Dodge Alley” – Wet Hair

“Drought” – Cuticle

“We’re So Lonely”  – Christopher The Conquered

“Gasoline” – The Feralings

"Unsteady Youth" - Alexis Stevens

“Ashtray” – The Lonelyhearts

“A Town of Tin Crowns” – Lwa

And, you'll get bonus tracks int he form of digital downloads:

Two Leather Boots” – Awful Purdies

“Hourglass” – Chasing Shade

“Water Changes Plans” – Tallgrass

“Mississippi River Town Blues” – We Shave

“Speak To Us Of Love” – Skye Carrasco

“Handle With Care” – John Svec

“Wish I Could” – Flannel

“Iowa City, Make Love To Me” – Pete Balestrieri

“Max Yocum’s Blues” – Liberty Leg

“The Sky Is Our Mountains” – Mumford’s

“Corn Thrust” – The Tanks

The Nov. 2 release show will feature Pieta Brown & The Sawdust Collective, Caroline Smith & the Goodnight Sleeps, Brooks Strause & the Gory Details, Christopher the Conquered and Chasing Shade.

On Nov. 3 the theater will host We Shave, Emperors Club, Skye Carrasco, and Lwa.

And just to get another mention of Maximum Ames on my blog this week, they are releasing the physical album, in LP, CD and digital formats. You can preorder the album on the site now. You can listen to the Brooks Strause, Greg Brown and Rene Hell tracks on the Max Ames site.