The pace and intensity increases with Little Girl, Angel's Harp and Pain which feature The Strokes lynch-pin Julian Casablancas, Pixies front-man Black Francis and punk pioneer Iggy Pop respectively.
Linkous reunites with Nina Persson, formerly of The Cardigans, and singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, both of whom also appear on the 2001 Sparklehorse LP, It's A Wonderful Life.