''New American Saint'' is the second album by

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based United States group,

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. The record was released by Sidecho Records on October 4, 2005. The album quietly strays away from the more

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-ish sound brought by previous effort, '' Reinventing a Lost Art''.

Video

recorded a video for the first track on the album, "Spectacle". The video was directed by Daniel Yourd at Endeavormedia. The band also appeared on

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's, ''The Freshmen'', talking about the record and the video for "Spectacle".

Track listing

# Spectacle (3:38) # New American Saint (3:26) # Goodbye Almond Eyes (4:03) # The Tin Man Gets His Heart (4:45) # Treading Water (4:35) # Bottle Marked: Caution (3:38) # The Hard Eight (3:24) # A Reason to Come Home Again (3:23) # I Love You... Too (3:59) # The Hammer and the Nail (4:03) # Meghan Again (3:32)

References

External links

Ryan Dominguez discussing the lyric writing process for each track (Archived 2012 by WayBackMachine)

Purchase ''New American Saint'' at Amazon.com

Watch Spectacle on Youtube.com
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