page_title: She & Him
section_title: 2006–2008: Collaboration and Volume One
hierarchical_section_title: She & Him / History / 2006–2008: Collaboration and Volume One
caption_attribution_description: English: M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel of She &amp; Him at the Newport Folk Festival (2 August 2008)
context_page_description: She & Him is an American musical duo consisting of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. The band's first album, Volume One, was released on Merge Records in March 2008.
context_section_description: For Volume One, the pair collaborated via e-mail, with Ward working in his studio in Portland, Oregon and Deschanel in her home in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles influenced Deschanel's songwriting, evoking long drives along the coast while listening to Brian Wilson, golden oldies, and jam music on 1970s AM radio. The California music scene influenced Ward's production of the album and inspired his guitar work with alt-country singers like Jenny Lewis.
  Ward and Deschanel recorded in Portland, Oregon in December 2006 and February to March 2007. Volume One was completed in three sessions. They also recorded in Mike Coykendall's and Adam Selzer's studios and had a mixing session with Mike Mogis in his Omaha, Nebraska studio in either April or May 2007. Deschanel wrote all the original songs on the album except "Sweet Darlin'", which she co-wrote with Jason Schwartzman (an actor known for his frequent collaborations with Wes Anderson). In addition to the ten original songs, the album features two cover songs: "You Really Got a Hold on Me" (composed by Smokey Robinson) and "I Should Have Known Better" (composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney).
  They took a break after that, as Ward was on tour and Deschanel was filming a movie. Volume One was released on March 18, 2008. Their first public appearance as a band was a year and two months earlier at the Sundance screening of The Go-Getter. They performed at other events and began their first tour in the summer of 2008. Paste named She & Him's debut the No. 1 album of the year.
  She & Him performed at the South by Southwest festival in March 2008 and went on tour during July and August 2008. Becky Stark of the band Lavender Diamond provided backup vocals.
caption: She & Him performing at the Newport Folk Festival (2 August 2008)
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