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Some Small History

by Portastatic

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Starter 04:59
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Lousy Penpal 03:15
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Trajectory 02:59
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Power Supply 04:56
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Josephine 03:49
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Make You Up 03:06
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Gray Robins 04:15
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Guessing 02:28
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Little Fern 03:39
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Not the Same 02:17
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Soft Fruit 02:23
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Feel Better 02:16
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Had 03:59
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Tugboat 04:28
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Firefly 03:52
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La Pelicula 04:03
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credits

released September 9, 2008

All songs by Mac McCaughan (BMI) except 1:3 (Ryan Adams) (BMI), 1:6 (John Joseph O’Neill) (PRS), 1:11 & 1:22 (Stephin Merritt) (ASCAP), 1:15 (Paddy McAloon) (ASCAP), 1:21 (Dave Cousins) (PRS), 2:4 (Joseph Goddard and Alexis Benjamin Taylor) (ASCAP), 2:15 (Damon Krukowski, Dean Wareham, and Naomi Yang) (BMI), 2:18 (Mark Eitzel) (BMI), and 2:22 (Bob Dylan) (ASCAP).

Thanks to Amy Sillman for the cover drawing. Art direction and design by Maggie Fost and Katy Clove.

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Portastatic Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Portastatic began as a solo project for Mac McCaughan, lead singer and guitarist of Superchunk. Since then, it has evolved into a full-fledged band, which sometimes includes Superchunk guitarist Jim Wilbur and McCaughan’s brother Matthew.

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