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Past Imperfect, Present Tense - Erik Sanko
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  1. While You Were Out
  2. Overboard
  3. That Train
  4. The Perfect Flaw
  5. Blow Wind, Blow
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  1. While You Were Out
  2. Overboard
  3. That Train
  4. The Perfect Flaw
  5. Blow Wind, Blow
  6. Finger String
  7. Easy to Remember
  8. I'll Wake Up
  9. I Get Along Fine
  10. The Ghost of a Snake
  11. Du Skal Nok Klare Den
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Made up of simple chords, haiku-like lyrics, and complex emotions, Sanko's debut album, which was recorded solo in his New York apartment, becomes increasingly demented-sounding as its protagonist grapples with a crumbled relationship and veers into nostalgia. He makes no pretenses of solidity -- psychic or musical -- as the album becomes mired in the resign of the temporary loss of one's senses. Sanko wrote all songs and played every instrument on Past Imperfect, and the insular quality of its sound serves to compound the ...

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Past Imperfect, Present Tense 2001, Jet Set Records

UPC: 604978004123

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