See You On The Moon was recorded to 2-inch analog tape in North Carolina with Tift's longtime band at Overdub Lane Studio. Tucker Matine, who produced, recorded and mixed this record, immediately felt like family to Tift and her band.  They agreed wholeheartedly on the visceral powers of field recordings, flea markets, night caps and living by gut check. The recording headed west to finish up in Seattle at Avast Recording Company.  They took Thanksgiving Day off before mixing in Portland Oregon at Tucker's Flora Studio. When asked about influences on this record, Tift's answer would include her move to New York City, three band members losing grandmothers in three weeks, the purchase of a 1968 high strung guitar, a fascination with directness, a longing for greater openness in music and personal disposition, and a general boredom with any kind of angst.

See You On The Moon was played by these good folks -

Tift – sings & guitars & piano
Zeke Hutchins – drums
Jay Brown – bass & harmony
Scott McCall – guitars
Greg Readling – piano & Hammond B-3
Eyvind Kang – violin & viola
Steve Moore – keyboards & trombone
Greg Leisz – pedal steel & guitars
Hans Teuber – saxes & flute & clarinet
Thomas Marriott – trumpet
Gretchen Yanover – cello
Yim Yames - harmony on  Feel of the World.

Produced, mixed, and recorded by Tucker Martine.

When pressed, this is the letter Tift would write you about this record:

I put a note on the wall beside the desk where I was writing this record.  Direct, is what it read.  This album is a parcel of letters stowed in my pocket all along.  Ghosts came to visit this record like compasses we were unaware of pointing us in the right direction. We wanted to make something elemental: open space, grit, real strength. Direct. Two people talking honestly. We kept to ourselves in the studio like this was what we had been practicing for all along, loosely, inevitably, a wide net of openness, a pencil shaved with focus.  We drank some beers.  We made soup.  We wore roller skates.  We told the truth. We didn’t want to talk about this record.  We just wanted to play it.