▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁It ▁includes ▁stri pped ▁down ▁versions ▁of ▁songs ▁by ▁the ▁December ists , ▁a ▁song ▁that ▁dates ▁back ▁to ▁Mel oy ' s ▁college ▁band ▁T ark io ▁(" Dev il ' s ▁El bow "), ▁live ▁ban ter ▁and ▁covers ▁of ▁The ▁Smith s , ▁R . E . M ., ▁P ink ▁F loyd , ▁Fle et wood ▁Mac , ▁and ▁Sh ir ley ▁Collins . ▁ ▁It ▁includes ▁two ▁previously ▁un re leased ▁songs , ▁" D rac ula ' s ▁D augh ter " ▁and ▁" W onder ", ▁the ▁latter ▁of ▁which ▁makes ▁reference ▁to ▁Mel oy ' s ▁first — and ▁recently ▁at ▁the ▁time — born ▁son . ▁ ▁The ▁arrang ements ▁are ▁simply ▁Mel oy ' s ▁voice ▁and ▁guitar ▁throughout . ▁ ▁Some ▁review ers ▁have ▁noted ▁problems ▁with ▁Mel oy ' s ▁guitar ▁during ▁the ▁recording ▁and ▁one ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁resulting ▁sound ▁quality ▁as ▁" dis app oint ing ." ▁ ▁Mel oy ▁says ▁the ▁experience ▁of ▁playing ▁December ists ' ▁songs ▁without ▁the ▁full ▁band ▁was ▁" li ber ating ," ▁at ▁least ▁initially : ▁"... I ▁can ▁kind ▁of ▁start ▁and ▁stop ▁songs , ▁I ▁can ▁sc rew ▁up ▁without ▁throwing ▁everybody ▁off , ▁I ▁can ▁talk ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁I ▁like ▁without ▁worry ing ▁about ▁people ▁getting ▁an ts y ▁to ▁move ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁next ▁song . ▁I ▁guess ▁those ▁are ▁the ▁more ▁obvious ▁differences . ▁But ▁then ▁it ▁always