Army Navy was born in the bedroom of Justin Kennedy, who in his early days played with Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) in Seattle's Pinwheel. Having relocated to Los Angeles after Pinwheel broke up, Kennedy began focusing on his new project and started assembling members for Army Navy. Multi-instrumentalist Louie Schultz joined swiftly after hearing Kennedy's home demos. Without a permanent sticks man at the time of recording the first album, Army Navy's album boasted drumming by the legendary Pete Thomas of Elvis Costello and The Attractions, who had been a longtime fan of the band. Army Navy soon found their permanent drummer Douglas Randall.
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Off the success of Army Navy's self-released debut album, the band entered 2010 with their strongest batch of songs to date and were able to self-finance the recording of their 2nd album. With a strong vision of the album in mind, they once again called upon producer and engineer Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Yo La Tengo, Helium) to help bring these songs to life. "We felt like we had all grown individually and as a group and we wanted that to show on this recording," says Kennedy. "We were more confident in the studio and as a band. I felt more open to write the most personal songs I have ever written." The band worked for 6 months recording and mixing and pouring their hearts into the process, creating an album with intricate arrangements, beautiful sounds, layered melodies, tight harmonies and full of catchy hooks. "We had created a sound that was super unique, and our focus, creativity and inspiration had created something bigger than all of us - a classic pop masterpiece!" says Lasus. The album is The Last Place.
