some notable tracks include: directions covering tortoise guitarist jeff parker's "toy boat," while pullman tackles the chicago underground quartet's "3 a.m." bobby conn, califone and thalia zedek all cover freakwater songs, while the sea & cake reworks a version of califone's "spider's house." tortoise covers japanese artist nobukazu takemura's "falls lake," and ex-talking heads frontman david byrne contributes a cover of the fiery furnaces' "ex-guru."