''Martial Arts Weekend'' is an album by

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, a band made up

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. The album was released in 2002.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "after the initial novelty of hearing more than your average instrumentation beneath Darnielle's literate whine, ''Martial Arts Weekend'' comes off as a semi-pleasing but second-tier Mountain Goats effort."

Track listing

# "Baltimore" - 2:45 # "All Rooms Cable A/C Free Coffee" - 1:48 # "Ultra Violet" - 2:47 # "Twelve Hands High" - 2:47 # "The River Song" - 3:25 # "Somebody Else's Parking Lot in Sebastopol" - 2:17 # "Memories" (

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cover) - 4:00 # "Going to Morocco" - 2:10 # "Going to Michigan" - 2:29 # "Terminal Grain" - 1:58 # "Malevolent Seascape Y" - 3:43 # "Going to Marrakesh" - 2:47

References

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