Falling Off the Lavender Bridge

Falling off the Lavender Bridge is the debut album by British artist Lightspeed Champion, which was released on 21 January 2008. The album features the singles "Galaxy of the Lost", "Midnight Surprise" and "Tell Me What It's Worth".

Recording
Devonté Hynes, the main musician in Lightspeed Champion, flew to Omaha, Nebraska in early 2007 to flesh out the songs that he'd written with Mike Mogis, resident producer for Saddle Creek records and a member of Bright Eyes. He stayed there for several months in a guest house decorated by Mogis and Conor Oberst. An assortment of musicians came around to hang out and ended up playing on the record including Mogis himself, trumpet player and pianist Nate Walcott, The Faint's drummer Clark Baechle and guest vocalist Emmy the Great—along with moonlighting members of Cursive and Tilly and the Wall.

According to Hynes, the album is in two-halves; a mixture of his dreams and life experiences. The lavender in the album title refers to a toy frog (made from lavender) Hynes' mother gave to him as a child to help him sleep.

Personnel

 * Devonté Hynes - vocals, guitar
 * Emmy the Great - additional vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12)
 * Tim Kasher - additional vocals (track 3)
 * Derek Pressnall, Kianna Alarid, Susan Sanchez, David Coyote Bones, Nik Fackler, Joe Knapp - group vocals (tracks 7, 12)
 * Clark Baechle - drums
 * Kimberley Salistean, Cynthia Ricker, Donna Carnes and Tracy Sands - strings
 * Nate Walcott - strings arrangement
 * Tom Clarke - cello
 * Miguel Picanco - oboe
 * Mark Benson - clarinet
 * Karen Murphy - flute
 * Mike Mogis - producer, mixer, engineer