IT WON'T START

by Shakes

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1.	Books On Tapes 00:46	info	buy track
2.	Ranger Is My Middle Name 05:07	info	buy track
3.	Talker Texas Ranger 02:32	info	buy track
4.	Watered Down 00:52	info	buy track
5.	3 Sirens (free) 02:47	info	download
6.	S-T-O-P 03:32	info	buy track
7.	What's Your Story 03:38	info	buy track
8.	Cowardly Lyin' 03:13	info	buy track
9.	Buy A Horse, Move Up To The Mountains and Don't Bother Anybody 06:04	info	buy track
10.	Pretty Good 06:35	info	buy track
11.	Don't Get Stabbed 04:05	info	buy track

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Recorded between 2005-2008, using an even larger variety of equipment/mediums than FUCKING HILARIOUS (both lo and hi-fi - as in, sometimes a tape deck in a boombox, and sometimes 11 condensers in a studio), these 11 tracks were chosen as album cuts not for their clarity (or lackthereof), but because they were the ones that seemed to make the most sense together.
This record was a long time coming.
It is FAR from perfect, and continues to ride the line of "finished" and "demo" recording (as tends to be the tradition around these parts), but I think/hope in a way that it isn't without it's charm.

**These are just what I chose as the "prime cuts" for the official record. There are MANY more songs that were recorded for/while I was doing this album, a few of which I've posted as the collection "IT WON'T END".
Hope you find it interesting.**A

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released December 6, 2010

"Don't Get Stabbed" recorded by Matthew Glover & Devon Wedge;
additional vocals on "Pretty Good" by Angela Szymcik;
cover photo by Ben Mettey

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