The album also featured guitarist/vocalist Alan Short and bassist Todd Bohannon, both of whom would leave during the recording of Deadbird's sophomore effort in late 2006, delaying the process by over a year as the Schaafs sought and eventually found replacements in guitarist Jay Minish and bassist/vocalist Reid Raley. Coincidentally, the latter is also a full-time member of Arkansas' chicken-fried prog-sludge top dogs, Rwake -- a band Chuck Schaaf was briefly involved with himself in 2002 -- therefore eliciting frequent (and not incorrect) comparisons between the two bands' sounds, although Deadbird's compositional talents more than justify their existence. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia