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, released through

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guitarist Adam Spark. "Door, Up, Elevator" was the album's first single, and proved to be a breakthrough hit on the Australian radio station

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. Frontman George Green explained the song's meaning by saying it is The album's second single, "The Greater Good" also went to radio. Green credits their sound to a love of 1980s era music; "We went back into the musical past and got a lot of inspiration from the '80s, which was probably the best era of music ever. We love the electro-synth proggy era of the '80s, so the album has a lot of similarities to 1980's bands like

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. The last two are probably the best bands ever to come out of the '80s and possibly the history of the universe." Following the release of the album, they announced their first national headline tour, which took place in April and May 2009. They then toured in support of

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, which was the final tour for each of them. A review by the

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rated the album at 81% and said "this album will have you thinking about it, repeating its lyrics over in your head and deriving your own meaning from it. Its individuality gives it a life which will not die soon, and I believe that to be an integral part of a great album."

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Elora Danan. # "Man of Science" — 3:05 # "Door, Up, Elevator" — 3:02 # "Live Together, Die Alone" — 7:06 # "Sinking, Always Sinking" — 4:41 # "Ankle Deep" — 3:21 # "We Could Be More Than This" — 6:50 # "Ten Bucks Says It's Metaphor" — 6:05 # "The Greater Good" — 4:09 # "Motion Without Meaning" — 4:11 # "Holding Our Heads in Our Hands" — 3:18 # "Man of Faith" — 5:35

References

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