Goodnight Unknown is the second album from Lou Barlow

Lou Barlow

Louis Knox Barlow is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Deep Wound, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion. Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s...

, Sebadoh

Sebadoh

Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording...

 and Folk Implosion frontman. The album was released on October 6, 2009 and was recorded at Ear Knife by Lou Barlow and the Hobby Shop by Andrew Murdock

Andrew Murdock

Andrew Murdock, also known as Mudrock, is an American record producer specializing in the rock and metal genres.He is best known for producing Godsmack's Godsmack and Awake albums...

Track listing

1. "Sharing"
2. "Goodnight Unknown"
3. "Too Much Freedom"
4. "Faith In Your Heartbeat"
5. "The One I Call"
6. "The Right"
7. "Gravitate"
8. "I'm Thinking ..."
9. "One Machine, One Long Fight"
10. "Praise"
11. "Take Advantage"
12. "Modesty"
13. "Don't Apologize"
14. "One Note Tone"

Personnel

• Lou Barlow
  Lou Barlow
  Louis Knox Barlow is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Deep Wound, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion. Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
  
   – everything but the following
• Imaad Wasif
  Imaad Wasif
  Imaad Wasif is a Canadian singer, guitarist and songwriter whose music combines elements of both folk and rock music. Wasif’s music has been described as “unbelievably intense with sparkling, raga-influenced guitar and a mystic bent.”...
  
   – guitar on tracks 2,3,5,6,10,11,13 (mantis mural at Ear Knife)
• Dale Crover
  Dale Crover
  Dale Crover is an American rock musician. Crover is best known as the drummer for Melvins and Men of Porn, Shrinebuilder, and for a brief time, drummer for Nirvana. He is also guitarist and vocalist for Altamont...
  
   – drums on tracks 1,2,6,7,9,13
• Adam Harding – vocals on track 11, percussion on track 5 (video stills in CD booklet)
• Sebastian Steinberg
  Sebastian Steinberg
  Sebastian Steinberg is an American bass player, best known for his work in the band Soul Coughing.- Biography :Steinberg played with Soul Coughing throughout the band's entire history, from 1992–2000. He also recorded and performed with guitarist Marc Ribot and appeared on William Shatner's 2004...
  
   – bass on tracks 7,11
• Lisa Germano
  Lisa Germano
  Lisa Germano is an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has released seven albums featuring her often-hushed vocal style, confessional lyrics, and distinctive violin. Her 1994 album Geek the Girl received widespread critical acclaim, including being featured as a top album of...
  
   – vocals on track 3
• Murph
  Murph
  Emmett Jefferson "Murph" Murphy III is best known for being the drummer for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. []-Musical career:...
  
   additional drums on track 7

The artwork and layout for Goodnight Unknown was created by British artist Daryl Waller

Daryl Waller

Daryl Waller is an artist based in London, England. He was born in Cornwall, England in 1978. Waller studied at the Royal College of Art, London, 2001-2003. He won the Sheila Robinson Drawing Prize in 2003...

, he also directed a music video for "Sharing", the first song on the album.