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fave it Acoustic | Folk Pop
15 tracks | 68 minutes
Released Apr 2002
on Mark Hannan
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:15 Scars lyrics BUY MP3 05:15 Scars lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:15 Scars
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:39 Perfume & Regrets (just Without You) lyrics BUY MP3 03:39 Perfume & Regrets (just Without You) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:39 Perfume & Regrets (just Without You)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:26 You Behind the Wheel lyrics BUY MP3 04:26 You Behind the Wheel lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:26 You Behind the Wheel
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:46 Other Side of Goodbye lyrics BUY MP3 03:46 Other Side of Goodbye lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:46 Other Side of Goodbye
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:42 One Last Way lyrics BUY MP3 06:42 One Last Way lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:42 One Last Way
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:18 I Can Still Breathe lyrics BUY MP3 04:18 I Can Still Breathe lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:18 I Can Still Breathe
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:09 Rock Vs. a Hard Place lyrics BUY MP3 03:09 Rock Vs. a Hard Place lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:09 Rock Vs. a Hard Place
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:08 Mutual Oblivion lyrics BUY MP3 06:08 Mutual Oblivion lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:08 Mutual Oblivion
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:19 The Fasting of Hildegard and St. Anorexia lyrics BUY MP3 01:19 The Fasting of Hildegard and St. Anorexia lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:19 The Fasting of Hildegard and St. Anorexia
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:20 Postcards From the Fall lyrics BUY MP3 05:20 Postcards From the Fall lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:20 Postcards From the Fall
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:21 Love Bade Me Welcome lyrics BUY MP3 03:21 Love Bade Me Welcome lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:21 Love Bade Me Welcome
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:52 Truth About Me lyrics BUY MP3 05:52 Truth About Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:52 Truth About Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:55 People Divide lyrics BUY MP3 03:55 People Divide lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:55 People Divide
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:51 Lines For Departure lyrics BUY MP3 04:51 Lines For Departure lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:51 Lines For Departure
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Contemporary folk which alternates between somber Nick Drakesque memoirs and elated romps through the slums of the human psyche.
Bio / Background
Frequent raids against the NPR fortified stronghold that Mark's parents had constructed left his childhood rife with confusion, distress, and late eighties pop ballads and tv jingles. At an early age he enlisted in the ranks of the oppressors, seeking comfort through the likes of Annie Lennox, Onyx, Jon Bon Jovi, and Bel Biv Devoe.
And yet, hope was not lost. Due almost entirely to the kindness of a handful of rebels (such as viola de gamba playing Ralph, Julie the coloratura, Mike and his Ledbelly records) Mark's days of blind wanderings were numbered.
Arriving home from school one day Mark searched the house of his youth and emerged with his mother's old nylon-string classical guitar. Sitting there, upstairs with a 12 dollar copy of "You Can Teach Yourself to Play Guitar" across his lap, Mark strummed the E minor chord for hours on end...
↓ more ↓until, slowly at first, and then resolutely (like the determined details of an almost forgotten story) that old guitar began to whisper its wild and transparent secrets.
Every song since, it seems, has been a retelling of those first faint whispers against the small bones of the inner ear.
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