They also featured Pete Briquette on keyboards & programming, Dee Armstrong on viola and Kevin Murphy on cello.

[1] It was recorded at Totally Wired Studios, Dublin by Ivan O'Shea and Tom Skerrit and produced and mixed by Pete Briquette.

The title track's name comes from Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo which frontman Hansard describes as being about a man "pulling a ship over a mountain".

They also featured Pete Briquette on keyboards & programming, Dee Armstrong on viola and Kevin Murphy on cello.

[1] Tracks 6-11 were recorded at Totally Wired Studios, Dublin by Ivan O'Shea and Tom Skerrit and produced and mixed by Pete Briquette and are the same as those on the previous release.