Some Small History
Download links and information about Some Small History by Portastatic. This album was released in 2008 and it belongs to Rock, Indie Rock, Pop, Alternative genres. It contains 44 tracks with total duration of 02:35:45 minutes.
Artist: | Portastatic |
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Release date: | 2008 |
Genre: | Rock, Indie Rock, Pop, Alternative |
Tracks: | 44 |
Duration: | 02:35:45 |
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Tracks
[Edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | Starter | 4:59 |
2. | Sandals With White Socks | 3:06 |
3. | Oh My Sweet Carolina | 3:50 |
4. | Lousy Penpal | 3:15 |
5. | A Cunning Latch | 3:17 |
6. | Teenage Kick | 2:29 |
7. | Too Trashed to Smoke | 2:07 |
8. | Skinny Glasses Girl | 4:26 |
9. | Trajectory | 2:59 |
10. | Power Supply | 4:56 |
11. | Josephine | 3:49 |
12. | Race You Home Mix | 3:55 |
13. | Make You Up | 3:06 |
14. | Your Own Cloud | 3:20 |
15. | When Love Breaks Down | 4:04 |
16. | Portraits from Before the War | 4:46 |
17. | Gray Robins | 4:15 |
18. | Easily Aroused | 2:33 |
19. | Guessing | 2:28 |
20. | Little Fern | 3:39 |
21. | All I Need Is You | 2:56 |
22. | You Love to Fail | 3:34 |
23. | Some Small History | 4:19 |
24. | San Andreas Crouch | 2:48 |
25. | Not the Same | 2:17 |
26. | And I Was a Boy from School | 5:19 |
27. | Spying On the Spies | 3:53 |
28. | Too Close to the Screen | 4:16 |
29. | Weighted Raft | 1:41 |
30. | Dragging a Cow | 3:22 |
31. | Soft Fruit | 2:23 |
32. | I Wanna Know Girls | 4:22 |
33. | Feel Better | 2:16 |
34. | Useless Switch | 4:16 |
35. | Had | 3:59 |
36. | Secret Sessions | 2:22 |
37. | Tugboat | 4:28 |
38. | Codes, Runes, Dunes | 4:58 |
39. | Candy Cigarettes | 2:01 |
40. | Firefly | 3:52 |
41. | La Pelicula | 4:03 |
42. | Look, Honey, Peaches | 2:53 |
43. | Replacement Parts | 3:20 |
44. | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue | 4:48 |
Details
[Edit]Mac McCaughan retired his band Superchunk at the beginning of the century but his solo unit as Portastatic continues to soldier on without flagging in focus or intensity. This non-chronological collection of demos, covers, outtakes, and odd tracks is a nice spot to start as it highlights McCaughan’s eclectic nature and versatile talent. Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” American Music Club’s “Firefly,” Prefab Sprout’s “When Love Breaks Down,” the Undertones’ “Teenage Kicks” (acoustic!), and Ryan Adams’ “Oh Sweet Carolina” are an ambitious batch of cover tunes and slot in perfectly next to McCaughan fare such as “Sandals With White Socks,” “Skinny Glasses Girl,” and “Codes, Runes, Dunes,” where his sly societal observations are given impassioned life with his ruthless delivery. McCaughan’s always been a rough jewel who leaves the edges intact and one can often hear the inner machinations at work here. It’s what gives his music extra life.