Hello I Feel the Same

Hello I Feel the Same is the tenth studio album by American alternative band The Innocence Mission. It was released on October 16, 2015, via Korda Records, a cooperative record label founded by The Ocean Blue, a band with whom the Innocence Mission formed a "long and deep friendship that goes back to some of each band's first shows in Pennsylvania and their major label debut records on Sire and A&M".^[1][2] An edition on translucent green vinyl was released from early January 2016. It is their first studio album since 2010's My Room in the Trees, making five years the longest gap between studio albums in their career.^[3]

Hello I Feel the Same
Studio album by The Innocence Mission
Released	October 16, 2015
Genre	Alternative rock, indie folk, indie pop
Length	33:47
Label	Korda
Producer	The Innocence Mission
The Innocence Mission chronology
My Room in the Trees (2010) Hello I Feel the Same (2015) Sun on the Square (2018)

Release and promotion

To promote the album, The Innocence Mission embarked on their first live shows since 2004,^[4] performing as the opening act on select dates of a tour by The Ocean Blue.^[5] The band also performed a live session for WXPN's Key Studios.^[6] In February 2016, they performed a 40-minute set at the Roots & Blues music festival held at The Chameleon Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.^[7] An outtake from the My Room in the Trees sessions, "Trip", was released as a non-album single in July 2016, and features the band's original drummer, Steve Brown.^[8]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Knoxville News Sentinel	(positive)[10]

Track listing

All songs written by Karen Peris except "Barcelona", written by Don and Karen Peris

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hello I Feel the Same"	2:12
2.	"Tom on the Boulevard"	3:44
3.	"Washington Field Trip"	2:58
4.	"When the One Flowered Suitcase"	3:22
5.	"Barcelona" (Instrumental)	2:30
6.	"State Park"	3:12
7.	"Fred Rogers"	3:14
8.	"Blue and Yellow"	3:02
9.	"Daily"	3:07
10.	"Spring Is Written on Your Door"	2:43
11.	"The Color Green"	3:41

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Length
12.	"At Sea"	3:10
Total length:		36:57

Personnel

The Innocence Mission

• Karen Peris – vocals, guitars, piano, field organ, bass harmonica, tambourine, bass (1, 11), artwork, design
• Don Peris – guitars, drums, bass (3, 10), backing vocals
• Mike Bitts – upright bass (2, 4, 6, 9), electric bass (7)

Additional musicians

• Anna Peris – viola on "The Color Green"
• Drew Peris – violin on "The Color Green"

Technical

• Carl Saff – mastering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format(s)	Catalog #
Worldwide[2]	October 16, 2015	Korda Records	CD Digital download	KORDA014
Japan[11]	December 12, 2015	P-Vine Records		PCD-24455
Worldwide[12]	January 15, 2016	Korda Records	LP vinyl	KORDA014