You and Me (Open Hand album)

You and Me is the second album by rock group Open Hand. Released on February 7, 2005, the album has gained much critical acclaim for successfully splicing several genres of rock, forming an original sound. It is also notable for a techno oriented track ("Newspeak") which references George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The album received some additional female backing vocals.

You and Me
Studio album by Open Hand
Released	February 8, 2005
Recorded	2004 @ The Blasting Room; The Office; West End Studios; The Captain's Quarters
Genre	Indie rock, stoner rock, post-hardcore, emo
Length	41:44
Label	Trustkill Records
Producer	Justin Isham; Paul Malinowski
Open Hand chronology
The Dream (2003) You and Me (2005) Honey (2010)

Track listing

All tracks are written by Justin Isham except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pure Concentrated Evil"	1:34
2.	"Her Song"	3:12
3.	"Tough Girl" (Isham, Helmericks)	2:54
4.	"You and Me"	4:10
5.	"Tough Guy"	3:07
6.	"Jaded"	1:59
7.	"The Ambush"	2:17
8.	"Take No Action" (Isham, Helmericks)	2:03
9.	"Newspeak"	2:15
10.	"Crooked Crown" (Isham, Epley)	3:32
11.	"The Kaleidoscope"	3:08
12.	"Waiting for Katy" (Isham, Arnovich)	2:43
13.	"Trench Warfare"	3:41
14.	"Hard Night"	5:02

Japan Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Elevator"	3:45
16.	"Someday"	3:49

Personnel

• Justin Isham - guitar, vocals, production, engineering, mixing
• Paxton Pryor - drums
• Michael Anastasi - bass guitar
• Sean Woods - guitar
• Paul Malinowski - production, engineering, mixing
• Jason Livermore - engineering, mixing
• Andrew Berlin - additional engineering
• Brian Kephart - production assistant
• Doug Henderson - mastering
• Peter Knudson - additional percussion
• Bill Stevenson - additional percussion
• Alex Rodríguez - drums on Waiting For Katy
• Hayley Helmericks - additional vocals on Tough Girl, Take No Action
• Allen Epley - additional vocals on Crooked Crown
• Katy J. Arnovich - additional vocals on Waiting For Katy