Shake the Hourglass About is Realtree’s second release. Comprised of full band and mixed ensemble works, it highlights the varied interdependent relationships within the group. It is indebted to the work of Bill Dixon, Duke Ellington, Dai Satō, Thérèse of Lisieux, Gene Wolfe and others. Realtree is a band made up of cello, clarinet, cornet, electric guitar and laptop. They focus on performing songs that use monophonic and timer-controlled compositions as temporal structures for improvisations. Material for each song originates from previous performances, miscellaneous audio or simply other songs, which were transcribed and used as building blocks for the compositions. Realtree’s previous release, "Splendor Falls on Everything Around" (Public Eyesore Records), has been described as “quite orderly” (The Wire) and “totally captivating” (Vital Weekly).