▁c age ." ▁ ▁Coll abor ations ▁ ▁Stra ck any ▁worked ▁with ▁song writer ▁J esse ▁Elli ott ▁on ▁a ▁Washington , ▁D . C .- based ▁music ▁project ▁entitled ▁These ▁United ▁States . ▁He ▁helped ▁Elli ott ▁develop ▁the ▁band ' s ▁first ▁album , ▁and ▁acted ▁primarily ▁as ▁the ▁band ' s ▁producer ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁playing ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁instruments ▁on ▁the ▁band ' s ▁" ps ych otrop ic ▁debut ▁record ." ▁The ▁band ▁wrote ▁" nov el istic ▁songs ▁pack ed ▁with ▁dense ▁narr atives ▁and ▁loose , ▁ra gg ed - ed ged ▁folk , ▁rock ▁and ▁Amer icana ". ▁Stra ck any ' s ▁contribution ▁was ▁as ▁a ▁multi - inst rument al ist ▁who ▁offered ▁" sk ill fully ▁mixed , ▁multi - inst rument al ▁support ▁with ▁a ▁range ▁in ▁keys , ▁drums , ▁accord ion , ▁bass ▁and ▁v ib raph one ," ▁according ▁to ▁N PR . ▁The ▁Village ▁Vo ice ▁described ▁Stra ck any ' s ▁arrang ements ▁as ▁" ps ych ed el ic " ▁and ▁noted ▁that ▁instruments ▁he ▁played ▁included ▁the ▁" v ib es , ▁g lock ens piel , ▁mand olin , ▁and ▁lots ▁of ▁off - kil ter ▁key boards ." ▁ ▁Elli ott ▁described ▁Stra ck any ▁as ▁a ▁song writer ▁who ▁has ▁" st ared ▁almost ▁directly ▁at ▁the ▁human ▁soul ." ▁ ▁Solo ▁career ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Stra ck any ▁did ▁sound track ▁work ▁on ▁the