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Track listing

# "E Minor" – 3:49 # "Don't Let Them" – 3:41 # "Black Tables" – 4:33 # "End of the Year" – 6:28 # "Speed Tape" – 4:40 # "Paper Cities" – 3:51 # "Matador" – 3:44 # "It Was the Night" – 4:11 # "How Could This Be?" – 3:52 # "AM Theme" – 2:34 # "Epic" – 3:48

Critical reception

Critical response to ''Other Lives'' was generally positive. everyview.com, which gave the album an 8 out of 10, said the album "plays like Parachutes era Coldplay" and "Other Lives produces a tiny gem of a record that couples classical music with indie rock."

References

2009 debut albums Other Lives (band) albums PIAS Recordings albums TBD Records albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub