We, the Weapon is the second full length release by Canadian rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Alert the Medic

Alert the Medic

Alert The Medic is a Canadian rock band based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The group consists of vocalist and guitarist Ryan MacDonald, bassist Matt Campbell, guitarist Troy Arseneault and drummer Dale Wilson...

. The album was Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Laurence Currie . We, the Weapon was recorded between Toronto, Ontario and Halifax, Nova Scotia at Halla Music, Greendoor Studios, Sunnyside Studios, The Echo Chamber and Studio 313 in the Spring of 2009 and was Mastered by Noah Mintz

Noah Mintz

Noah Mintz is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and mastering engineer. Mintz founded the band hHead with Brendan Canning in the 1990s...

 at the Lacquer Channel in Toronto, ON. Additional recordings were done by Charles Austin, Dave Ewenson and Ryan MacDonald. It was released independently on September 19, 2009.

Track listing

1. "Atlas" - 4:21
2. "Cause For Alarm" - 3:38
3. "Let's Hear It For The Symphony" - 3:36
4. "Cardboard Cutout" - 3:31
5. "The Weatherman (PT. 2)" - 4:37
6. "Aid The Getaway" - 2:44
7. "Hey, Kid To The Back Of The Line" - 3:59
8. "Stealing Scenery" - 3:02
9. "The Tortoise And The Hare" - 4:02
10. "Cross Your Fingers" - 4:00
11. "The Wound That Wont Heal" - 5:15

Personnel

• Ryan MacDonald - Vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , Keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Matt Campbell - Bass Guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , Vocals
• Dale Wilson - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
• Troy Arseneault - Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , Vocals

With

• Rob Crowell - Keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
   on Track 1,2,5,7,8,9,10,11
• Scott Long - Bagpipes
  Bagpipes
  Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...
  
   on Track 10
• Brad MacDonald - Group Vocals on Track 3,7,10

Art

• Jud Haynes - Art Direction and Layout
• Chr!s Sm!th - Band Photo