Better Left Unsaid, Basement Works 1990-2004

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1.	For Dried-up Rivers 04:13	buy track
2.	Decomposition 02:47	buy track
3.	Bitter Days 04:07	buy track
4.	Horseshoe 03:06	buy track
5.	Brautigan Vs. My Notebook 03:38	buy track
6.	Words or Vapor 03:41	buy track
7.	I See, Said the Blind Man 04:08	buy track
8.	Drive 06:49	buy track
9.	My Orchard Grows Afloat 02:42	buy track
10.	The Slug 04:24	buy track
11.	Provista-Cuol 05:07	buy track
12.	No Deposit, No Return 03:56	buy track
13.	Indivisible 04:32	buy track
14.	Mute 03:51	buy track
15.	Opaque 06:02	buy track
16.	Sunday Was Nearly Dry 04:00	buy track
17.	The Portrait 04:27	buy track
18.	Stolen Vacation 04:30	buy track
19.	Paper Covers Rock 04:30	buy track
20.	The Thirteen Club 02:32	buy track
21.	A Little Death Never Hurt Anyone 05:38	buy track
22.	Buried 04:09	buy track
23.	Heart Just Drains 04:00	buy track
24.	The Other Road 07:21	buy track
25.	The Greatest Gift 02:34	buy track
26.	Once We Were Drunkards 05:06	buy track

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An early compilation of some of the least embarrassing tracks I recorded with my friends tascam. I even played the drums, poorly. The last six are some tracks from the Cool Edit pro era. RIP.

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released April 1, 1994

Mark Ukura

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shallos Minneapolis, Minnesota

Shallos started with a 4-track simply to explore song writing and recording, but morphed into Mark's solo project, then a live band, and now back to a recording project. Things start from a simple acoustic guitar and work out from there, sometimes staying that way but often working into fuller arrangements that explore the landscapes of alternative, indie and post-rock. ... more

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