i (adam) did indeed write most of botanicas. with the exception of the second part of the song with the toms, which john brilliantly came up with. but it was all of us that really wrote the songs. yeah, i came up with some songs, but all of them changed (for the better) with the help of my tremendously talented bandmates. and the same goes for john's songs. after the first few songs we became so intuned with each other musically, that we were writing the same song about 800 miles apart. the last two songs we wrote (anna lucia, and nola) both of us had two half songs that we couldn't finish. turns out our half songs really complemented each others and with just a little work we made two of our favorite album tracks. brian also wrote two songs called bad winter, and geneva.

and then andy! oh man. without his basslines, these songs would suck

and jerry is quite the wordsmith. alot of love and work was put into the writing and i saw it first hand. revision after revision to get it just right. and his vocal performance on the record is really something else. he's come a long way as a vocalist. i am in the best band i could ever be in, and i couldn't be happier.