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Band members

* Scott Lucas * Blake Smith * Mike Willison * Daniel Marsden

Discography

"Long Nights, Impossible Odds" 12" (2008)

*A Side: **1. "Fuck Yeah, That Wide" **2. "Keep Everybody Warm" *B Side: **1. "Homicide" (999 cover) **2. "Keep Everybody Warm" (Acid Jacks Rejack)

''Where Did All My People Go'' (2009)

# "Keep Everybody Warm" # "Suitcase Pimp" # "Lost All Track Of Time" # "Cracktown" # "Beautiful Shadow" # "Homicide" # "Narcotic Insidious" # "10 Feet of Snow" # "Jump Like Chemicals" # "No Light Escapes Here" # "Cobraskin Briefcase" # "Burning Down The Other Side" # "Magnetic South" # "Fuck Yeah That Wide" # "The Glow Is Gone"

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