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The Night is for Sleepers

2013
Western Famine Recordings
Produced by Chris Dadge, Lorrie Matheson and Scott Munro

01. The Night is for Sleepers [3:06]
02. Static on the Line [4:03]
03. The Lamp of the Poor [3:06]
04. I Awoke from the Dream You Dreamed of Me Last Night [4:31]
05. Oh, Isabella [4:21]
06. Beauty, Grace, Heart [2:59]
07. Shrug & Sigh [4:20]
08. Another Cigarette [11:57]

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In Vein

2009
Saved By Radio
Produced by Jay Crocker

01. A Hollow Wind  [3:25]
02. Falling Down Sober  [3:01]
03. Another Seven Minutes (Shot to Hell)  [4:17]
04. Down On the Main  [4:49]
05. Don’t Let This Living Kill You  [3:57]
06. You Can Curse the Dark  [7:05]
07. Blues From the Register Side  [3:59]
08. Gone  [4:13]
09. Beautiful Bottle  [3:54]

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Album cover for A Dime At A Time

A Dime At A Time

2004
Western Famine Recordings/
Saved By Radio
Produced by Lorrie Matheson

01. Gun Metal Grey  [3:12]
02. Ribbon of Red Taillights  [6:33]
03. Wishing Well  [3:50]
04. Bruises and Change  [5:11]
05. Hanging Around (’til he can get out of here)  [4:50]
06. I Think I See the Light  [4:08]
07. All the Way Home  [3:28]
08. Last Call Lights  [3:44]
09. On Any Other Night  [4:58]
10. Hand-Me-Down Town #12 & 35  [5:28]
11. Where Have You Gone? (Waltz for Ava)  [2:51]

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You Should Know By Now

2002
Western Famine Recordings
Produced & Mixed by
greg&lyle

01. (I got my) Blinders On  [2:57]
02. The Escapegoat  [3:36]
03. Darken My Door  [3:33]
04. You Should Know By Now  [2:43]
05. Everybody’s Got Something To Lose Except Me and My Monkey  [5:02]
06. Under a Northern Moon  [3:46]
07. I’m Not Always Blue  [2:05]
08. Waiting for the Weight  [4:22]
09. Drive Blind  [5:21]
10. Out of the Sun  [3:14]
11. Finders Keepers  [3:50]

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Welcome to Utopia

2000
Western Famine Recordings
Produced by National Dust
& Young Dave Alcock

01. Tragedy Ann  [3:33]
02. California  [3:08]
03. (Nothing On My Mind But) Nicotine  [2:50]
04. Too Far Gone  [3:18]
05. Whyte Avenue Pinwheel  [3:48]
06. Welcome to Utopia  [2:53]
07. Down Again  [3:44]
08. Before You Wear the Grindstone Down  [4:47]
09. Sorrow Floats  [3:05]
10. Miss Teen Priddis  [3:20]
11. Turnaround  [2:49]
12. Hell is Other People  [4:47]
13. Water Into Wine  [4:42]

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…blind luck ain’t
no luck at all.

1998
Western Famine Recordings
Produced by National Dust

01. sadie hawkins  [2:54]
02. eenie meanie  [2:55]
03. one time lucky  [2:46]
04. crawling back  [3:11]
05. beehives on the moon  [2:57]
06. square one (waiting to happen)  [3:32]
07. 20-20 hindsight  [2:07]
08. halfway though homesick  [4:24]
09. the latest thing  [2:26]
10. flipcity  [2:10]