Beacons (album)

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Beacons
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 2, 2009 (2009-06-02)
Recorded Banff Centre Indie Band Residency
Genre Indie pop
Length47:49
Label Last Gang
Producer Tony Berg, Howard Bilerman
Ohbijou chronology
Swift Feet for Troubling Times
(2006)
Beacons
(2009)
Metal Meets
(2011)

Beacons is a 2009 album by Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based indie band Ohbijou. Three of the tracks, including "Jailbird Blues", were recorded during the Banff Centre Indie Band Residency. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. Intro to Season – 2:34
  2. Wildfires – 3:50
  3. Black Ice – 3:41
  4. Cliff Jumps – 5:03
  5. Cannon March – 4:47
  6. Eloise & the Bones – 2:59
  7. Thunderlove – 3:42
  8. New Years – 2:57
  9. Make It Gold – 4:44
  10. We Lovers – 4:54
  11. Memoriam – 5:44
  12. Jailbird Blues – 2:54

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