'Rites of Uncovering', ARBOURETUM's THRILL JOCKEY debut, is an album of broadscope, musically, lyrically and texturally. Arbouretum's primary songwriter, guitarist, and singer DAVE HEUMANN, has played with ANOMOANON, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY, CASS MCCOMBS and PAPA M. Some overdubs, including vocals, were done at Soma Studios in Chicago with JOHN MCENTIRE and also on the album is WALKER DAVID TERET, a multi-instrumentalist who had played in many of the same groups as Heumann. Walker primarily plays the guitar in the current lineup.