"Eraser" is the first single from

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-based band No Age's second album, ''

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''. It was released on

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on April 8, 2008 on the

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format. It features 4 tracks, of which only one is an original song. According to

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, the covers came about when the band were trapped in their car during a snowstorm for 14 hours. During that time, they taught themselves to play the songs.

Track listing

# "Eraser" - 2:43 # "Don't Stand Still" (Nate Denver's Neck cover) - 2:12 # "Male Masturbation" (

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cover) - 1:29 # "When You Find Out" (

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cover) - 2:07

In popular culture

In 2017, the single's titular song "Eraser" appeared in the Canadian sitcom

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, as background music for a bar fight, in season 4 episode 1 "Never Work A Day In Your Life."

References

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