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██▓▀ Album......[ All We Could Do Was Sing ▀▓██
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▓▓█▓▀ ██ Language...[ English ██ ▀▓█▓▓
▀ ▄████ Rip Date...[ 2008-05-14 ████▄ ▀
▄ ▀ ▓█▓ Store Date.[ 2008-07-04 ▓█▓ ▀ ▄
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▀█▓▀ Quality....[ 184 kbps AVG VBR 44.1/Joint Stereo ▀▓█▀
▄ █▓█▄▓█▓ Url........[ http://www.cityslang.com ▓█▓▄█▓█ ▄
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█▓ 01 I Woke Up Today 3:23 ▓█
█▓ 02 Stuck On A Boat 2:56 ▓█
█▓ 03 FishermanÆs Son 4:11 ▓█
█▓ 04 DonÆt Take My Advice 3:17 ▓█
█▓ 05 Alive For Nothing 2:24 ▓█
█▓ 06 My Eyes WonÆt Shut 2:18 ▓█
█▓ 07 Pigeonhold 4:17 ▓█
█▓ 08 Will You Be There? 3:01 ▓█
█▓ 09 The Rooftop Song 4:22 ▓█
█▓ 10 In Vino Veritas 3:07 ▓█
█▓ 11 Close The Lid 5:41 ▓█
█▓ 12 Valdez 2:04 ▓█
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█░█▒ Port O'Brien began early in the year 2005, as a ▒█░█
█░█▒ folk-ish duo of Van Pierszalowski and Cambria ▒█░█
█░█▒ Goodwin. The two penned songs while Cambria lived ▒█░█
█░█▒ in the tiny Californian coastal town she shares her ▒█░█
█░█▒ name with and Van lived in an apartment in ▒█░█
█░█▒ Oaklandàwhich was about the size of his name. ▒█░█
█░█▒ Shortly thereafter, Cambria moved to up to the Bay ▒█░█
█░█▒ Area and within the next year, the project added a ▒█░█
█░█▒ rhythm section, comprised of Caleb Nichols and ▒█░█
█░█▒ Joshua Barnhart. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Every summer, Van works on his father's commercial ▒█░█
█░█▒ salmon fishing boat, the Shawnee, on Kodiak Island ▒█░█
█░█▒ in Alaska. The work is exhausting and the weather ▒█░█
█░█▒ could be much better, but the contrast between the ▒█░█
█░█▒ serenity of the wilderness and the rigorousness of ▒█░█
█░█▒ the labor seem to cause quite a bit of musical ▒█░█
█░█▒ inspiration. Meanwhile, on land and around the ▒█░█
█░█▒ corner, Cambria also writes music while maintaining ▒█░█
█░█▒ her position as the Head Baker at Larsen Bay. Her ▒█░█
█░█▒ days can be even longer, and the work even more ▒█░█
█░█▒ tiresome. After both write parts and lyrics ▒█░█
█░█▒ separately, they fix them together when Van comes ▒█░█
█░█▒ ashore. For the first time this summer, Caleb also ▒█░█
█░█▒ joined the ranks at the cannery, and their ▒█░█
█░█▒ cumulative effort while up in a latitude and ▒█░█
█░█▒ longitude few of us may ever see resulted in the ▒█░█
█░█▒ creation of the songs that comprise the band's ▒█░█
█░█▒ first studio-recorded album "ALL WE COULD DO WAS ▒█░█
█░█▒ SING." Because when you're working all day in the ▒█░█
█░█▒ freezing cold, what the hell else are you going to ▒█░█
█░█▒ do? "Stuck on a Boat" tells of the frustration ▒█░█
█░█▒ related to being so close yet so far away.. Van ▒█░█
█░█▒ stuck on a little fishing boat, while Cambria bakes ▒█░█
█░█▒ across the bayàyet weeks go by without having a ▒█░█
█░█▒ chance to go to port. "Fisherman's Son" speaks of ▒█░█
█░█▒ the frustrating, yet contented thought of destiny. ▒█░█
█░█▒ "Don't Take My Advice" captures the endless quest ▒█░█
█░█▒ for settling, while remaining in awe of the entire ▒█░█
█░█▒ world to explore. "In Vino Veritas" expresses the ▒█░█
█░█▒ flurry of emotion caused by isolation, while ▒█░█
█░█▒ emerged in substance. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ The album was recorded in San Francisco, CA by two ▒█░█
█░█▒ very talented engineers. Aaron Prellwitz recorded ▒█░█
█░█▒ the band at the legendary Tiny Telephone Recording ▒█░█
█░█▒ Studios, where he has also recorded Sun Kil Moon, ▒█░█
█░█▒ the Mountain Goats, and Death Cab for Cutie. Jason ▒█░█
█░█▒ Quever, of the band the Papercuts, recorded the ▒█░█
█░█▒ other half of the songs at his Pan-American ▒█░█
█░█▒ Recording Studios. Lush string arrangements, raw ▒█░█
█░█▒ electric guitar, percussive banjo, pots + pans, a ▒█░█
█░█▒ tight rhythm section, group chants and screaming ▒█░█
█░█▒ provide the new album with a diverse, but cohesive ▒█░█
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█░█▒ In the summer of 2007, the band released a ▒█░█
█░█▒ compilation of previously self-released songs ▒█░█
█░█▒ titled The Wind and The Swell on American Dust ▒█░█
█░█▒ Records. They've become a touring machine since the ▒█░█
█░█▒ critically lauded M. Ward first named Port O'Brien ▒█░█
█░█▒ his Favorite New Band on Pitchfork Media. They have ▒█░█
█░█▒ been able to perform with several of their favorite ▒█░█
█░█▒ artists; touring the United States with Rogue Wave, ▒█░█
█░█▒ the West Coast with both Bright Eyes and the Cave ▒█░█
█░█▒ Singers, and England with Modest Mouse. Now, Port ▒█░█
█░█▒ O'Brien is ready to take on the rest of the world, ▒█░█
█░█▒ using the little island of Kodiak as a jumping off ▒█░█
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█░█▒ http://www.cityslang.com ▒█░█
█░█▒ http://www.portobrien.com ▒█░█
█░█▒ http://www.myspace.com/portobrien ▒█░█
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