Crain returned to Tiny Telephone to record her 4th full-length album "Under Branch & Thorn & Tree" again with John Vanderslice producing. The album also features the Magik*Magik Orchestra led by Minna Choi. It was released July 17, 2015 on 200 gram audiophile quality vinyl boasting its fully analog recording, mixing, and mastering process. It was pressed at QRP in Salina, Kansas and mastered by Bernie Grundman. Jacob Winik engineered and mixed the album. John Calvin Abney, Jesse Aycock (Hard Working Americans, Secret Sisters), Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey), Anne Lillis (Jessica Lea Mayfield, White Pines), and Meric Long (The Dodos) are all featured musicians on the record. The Guardian, Uncut, Rolling Stone, No Depression, and Blurt Magazine all reviewed the album with critical praise. A music video for the song "Killer" was produced by Dorian Electra and Weston G. Allen. Also a video for "Kathleen" was produced by Lamar + Nik.
