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autofirelife: Sounds Great, Let's Make It Longer: Demos and Recordings 2001 – 2003

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A treasure trove of unnecessary details and wistful memories about these songs and how they came into existence has been painstakingly cobbled together for posterity in the 'liner notes' PDF that comes with this compilation. Soak in the history, dear friends.

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1.	(Grant and Ian talking briefly) 00:20	buy track
2.	Sinking Ships 05:39	buy track
3.	Headphones 04:01	buy track
4.	Maglite 05:52	buy track
5.	Shores 03:38	buy track
6.	070403-A 04:42	buy track
7.	070403-B 04:54	buy track
8.	Red is Red and Blue 05:56	buy track
9.	Untitled #1 (song we don't remember recording) 02:42	buy track
10.	You Wear a Halo 03:56	buy track
11.	[something else] 03:58	buy track
12.	Gtr Song 03:32	buy track
13.	All Things Temporary 02:53	buy track
14.	Twenty New Names For 07:56	buy track
15.	fucking awesome (edit) 02:44	buy track
16.	Maybe We Should 02:44	buy track
17.	Where From Here 03:38	buy track
18.	Don't Talk About Fight Club 06:40	buy track
19.	Aimless In All Directions 04:46	buy track
20.	You Don't Know How Right You Are 04:38	buy track
21.	Untitled #2 (song built around Grant's bass line) 05:56	buy track
22.	Foreign Arrest 05:14	buy track
23.	Sea of Okhotsk 03:21	buy track
24.	Also Everything Else 04:15	buy track
25.	Some Gets Made Up 05:29	buy track
26.	Capo Song ["bonus" track] 04:04	buy track
27.	Lord Thatchery Von Serpent, Ambassador to LS Country ["bonus" track] 07:36	buy track
28.	Headphones (early version) ["bonus" track] 05:18	buy track
29.	Untitled #3 (messing around with the Line 6 delay pedal) ["bonus" track] 06:16	buy track

about

These songs were recorded between early 2001 and the fall of 2003, in various homes -- and one legit studio, in a home -- across Seattle. Tracks 2 through 25 are pretty much in reverse chronological order.

credits

released April 28, 2016

Abiding gratitude to Lindsey Hook for painting the cover art for the autofirelife demo back in the day.

Ian F. King: guitar; drums on 8-12, 14, and 23-27; bass on 22-25

Grant V. Laine: bass (except for 22-25); guitar on 15

Ben Edlun: drums on 16-22

Darren Johnson: drums on 2 -5

...and the very missed Jared Hill: guitar on 2-4 (the best parts, of course)

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Missing Vwls Brooklyn, New York

From 2000 to 2004, a good friend and I attempted to be Seattle's answer to instrumental post-rock, mostly on Tascam 4-track except for the five shows we played live under two different band names. I moved to New York in 2006 and had to sell off most of my gear. In 2012, I started recording at home again, this time much more quietly. ... more

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