''LP'' is the second album from
lo-fi improvisational electronica
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band
Holy Fuck. The album was nominated for
Alternative Album of the Year
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at the 2008
Juno Award
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s and was nominated for the
2008 Polaris Music Prize
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.
Owen Pallett contributed to the album, playing the violin part on 'Lovely Allen'. A remix version of "Royal Gregory" is featured on the soundtrack to ''
Midnight Club: Los Angeles''.
Several of the tracks on ''LP'' first appeared on ''Holy Fuck EP'', self-released in 2007. Only one track from ''EP'' did not make it to ''LP'', "They're Going to Take My Thumbs", which went on to be used in ''
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Track listing
#"Super Inuit" – 3:33 (recorded live in Dave King's barn)
#"Milkshake" – 3:28
#"Frenchy's" – 2:53
#"Lovely Allen" – 4:29
#"The Pulse" – 5:55*
#"Royal Gregory" – 3:49
#"Echo Sam" – 4:26
#"Safari" – 4:23*
#"Choppers" – 4:16*
*Recorded live by Craig James on The Verge, XM satellite radio
References
2007 albums
Holy Fuck albums
Young (record label) albums
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