the marauder blues: things falling apart 2002-2013

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limited, hand-made boxset
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hand-made 4 disc boxset of demos/rarities/live shows with a bunch of inserts. every box is slightly different. the boxes are made from re-claimed cigar boxes, the sleeves are made from vintage postcards. also includes 16 page booklet. ALL proceeds from this boxset (and its digital equivalent) will go to the physical release of our next album (the cost of recording will be covered by the band and at the very least we will release it digitally, but we're all old men who like physical albums so this will help us fund that).

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	1.	history of bad families (demo) 07:42
	2.	taiga 7:17 (demo) 06:45
	3.	the ballad of esme (writing session demo) 08:52
	4.	the vessel (demo) 08:03
	5.	the ballad of esme (live at the ice factory 2005-03-03) 06:15
	6.	...as hands and feet grow tired (live at the ice factory 2005-03-03) 06:32
	7.	crusher (live at the ice factory 2005-03-03) 11:18
	8.	refracted rays (live at the ice factory 2005-03-03) 13:37
	9.	mutiny song (demo) 06:05
	10.	circus song (demo) 03:32
	11.	improvisation: asleep on the river bed (outro demo) 10:18
	12.	odessa (demo) 01:56
	13.	mutiny song (live at the mutiny 2005-04-13) 07:47
	14.	sad little king of a sad little hill (live at the mutiny 2005-04-13) 08:18
	15.	sleep was the first to abandon me (live at the mutiny 2005-04-13) 07:35
	16.	...as hands and feet grow tired (live at the mutiny 2005-04-13) 06:46
	17.	crusher (live at otto's 2006-01-06) 14:35
	18.	improvisation: pwdre ser/aspatoria (disintegrating! sessions) 06:21
	19.	improvisation: the name of this city is HABITATION (disintegrating! sessions) 12:13
	20.	bob's radiohead (disintegrating! sessions outtake) 04:58
	21.	the lonesome hanging of jeb walker (alt. andy mix #2) 10:11
	22.	kulblixtar (alt. andy early mix) 05:04
	23.	odessa (live at otto's 2007-03-09) 03:44
	24.	dB (live at otto's 2007-03-09) 08:22
	25.	i am the secret fire (live at otto's 2007-03-09) 10:30
	26.	refracted rays (live at otto's 2007-03-09) 13:53
	27.	improvisation: chess (radio islands demo) 03:07
	28.	he is cured by faith who is sick of fate (from the "dekalb smells" 2003 compilation album) 03:28
	29.	a deathcab! for cutie (demo) 13:36
	30.	secret people (rough mix) 19:49
	31.	one must not move quiet intro (alt. mix) 06:13
	32.	king cornish (alt. mix) 02:46
	33.	the hawkline monster (embryonic version, live at the project lodge 2012-08-17) 11:41

about

we have a pile of old cdr's/cassettes/minidiscs consisting of shows, demos, and alternate mixes. in years past we would make copies of some of those and throw them into the packages going out to people who ordered records from us. we decided to cull the best of the "unreleased" stuff into this boxset in order to raise a little money towards the physical release of our next album.

-bob/tfa

*UPDATE*
Thank you to all who purchased the physical version of the boxset. It is now sold out. Digital downloads are now 'pay what you can/want'. All money from digital sales of the boxset will go to funding future albums and projects from the band.

the digital version contains all the music from the physical version, a pdf of the booklet (printable) and a pdf of some of the additional artwork.

physical version of the box contains 4 cdr's in unique, handmade sleeves. the box is a reclaimed cigar box, it also includes a 16 page booklet as well some other goodies. every box will be slightly different. we're making them in batches of 5 (since we're not sure how much interest there really is for this sort of thing). digital download is immediate.

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released September 8, 2013

music compiled the band.
boxes assembled by the band with the gracious help of angela schroeder, summer 2013.

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