Sheryl Lee

The couple have a son, Elijah. Mark listened, liked the songs and said yes. Lee is married to Jesse Diamond, a musician and son of singer and songwriter Neil Diamond. After a gig in Lund, Sweden, Nina gave Mark a cassette of all the old A Camp songs. When they met again during the recording of his most recent album, Nina mustered the courage to invite him to produce her project. Lee is best remembered by legions of David Lynch fans for her appearance as Laura Palmer in the cult television series Twin Peaks, as well as Laura's cousin Madeline Ferguson later in the series (a role which was reportedly written because Lynch, impressed with her abilities, wanted to give her a fuller role on the show). Nina had been a long-time fan of Sparklehorse and has referred to them as "the best I've ever heard". Sheryl Lee is an actress, born April 22, 1967 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, though she grew up in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. In doing so he also contributed some new songs to the album.

The debut was recorded once with Niclas Frisk of Atomic Swing before she teamed up with Mark to rerecord it. A Camp's self-titled debut album released the singles "I Can Buy You" and "Song For The Leftovers." Interestingly enough, Nina's country-inspired outing seems to have also inspired The Cardigans most recent album, Long Gone Before Daylight which was released in the UK in the summer of 2003 and was released in May 2004 in the US. This time, however, Persson opted for a country music style more akin to the recent popularity of alt-country in the US. While Gran Turismo may have been darker musically, A Camp reflects Persson's gifts for clever juxtaposition of somber lyrics with more upbeat music.

A Camp was formed during The Cardigans' break after several years of touring and recording albums, the last of which was, at the time, Gran Turismo. A Camp is the solo side project of Nina Persson, vocalist for the popular Swedish indie/pop band The Cardigans, who worked alongside Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, who also produced it.