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's third LP, released on October 9, 2007. The album marked Sunset Rubdown's change from the

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label to the

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records. The album was recorded in January 2007 at

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in Montreal with

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and Dave Smith. The album was

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on July 27, 2007. The album was voted in as the 14th best album of 2007 by readers of

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Track listing

# "The Mending of the Gown" – 5:36 # "Magic vs. Midas" – 5:59 # "Up on Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days" – 4:47 # "The Courtesan Has Sung" – 4:31 # "Winged/Wicked Things" – 4:46 # "Colt Stands Up, Grows Horns" – 4:54 # "Stallion" – 6:45 # "For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)" – 5:14 # "The Taming of the Hands That Came Back to Life" – 6:06 # "Setting vs. Rising" – 2:23 # "Trumpet, Trumpet, Toot! Toot!" – 5:28 # "Child-Heart Losers" – 2:01

References

External links

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"Winged/Wicked Things"
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