''Safe as Houses'' is the second full-length album from

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. It was released on June 27, 2006 on Slender Means Society and April 27, 2007 on Acuarela Discos. It features album art by American artist Autumn Whitehurst.

Track listing

#"Love Connection, Pt. II" - 5:16 #"I Was the Dancer" - 4:42 #"Oh Daughter/Disaster" - 4:01 #"One Father, Another" - 3:16 #"The Weight She Fell Under" - 3:09 #"Survived by Her Mother" - 3:34 #"Keyholes and Curtains" - 4:01 #"Forward to Forget" - 2:45 #"The Four Platitudes (A Bridge Song)" - 3:16 #"Stolen Children" - 4:10

Personnel

* Zac Pennington – vocals, keyboards, glockenspiel, guitar * Jherek Bischoff – percussion, violin, upright bass, bass guitar, clarinet, vocals * Sam Mickens – guitar, synthesizer, piano, vocals {{Authority control Parenthetical Girls albums 2006 albums Slender Means Society albums