Over 15 years after its initial release, David Dondero’s classic 2003 album The Transient (originally released on CD by Future Farmer Recordings) is finally being released on 180gram vinyl. Classic black vinyl version limited to 500 copies. Smoky Ashes On The Highway coloured vinyl (KS041LPC2) is limited to 250 copies and for Indies only. The record also includes a download code for 4 digital bonus tracks, all early demos for songs on the album. The album was recorded by Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley) at Presto! Recording Studios in Lincoln, Nebraska, except for “Vaporize,” which was recorded by Zach Passero in Anthony, New Mexico and “Going Back to Wilmington,” recorded on Panasonic slimline tape recorder in Wilmington, North Carolina by DD and doubled digitally by Stephen Pedersen. The album was mastered by Doug Vansloun. Mastered for vinyl by Carl Saff. Cover art by Frankie Chan. David Dondero is a songwriter’s songwriter who’s flown under the radar for years, even though he often logs 200 shows a year, touring with the likes of Pedro the Lion and Against! Me. Quotes – “This is the sound of a man on fire. Smart, funny and honestly out of his mind; but he comes back long enough to sing about it. One of the best singer/songwriters I’ve ever heard.” Bob Boilen, NPR // “Dondero is this generation’s Townes Van Zandt, a peripatetic tumbleweed casting across the country’s highways and dirt roads searching for truth and love. His reedy tenor shuffles through clever verbal forays, over raga-muffinfolk, brightened by Dondero’s road-wizened stoicism” Houston Chronicle // “He has a terrific ear and eye for simple detail, for spinning songs out of the mundane just as deftly as standards like love and loss.” David Bevan, Pitchfork