Big Echo

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Big Echo
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Studio album by
Released9 March 2010
Genre Indie pop, baroque pop
Length38:53
Label Beggars/Rough Trade
Producer Chris Taylor
The Morning Benders chronology
Talking Through Tin Cans
(2008)
Big Echo
(2010)
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Big Echo is the second studio album released by The Morning Benders, currently known as POP ETC, in 2010. It was co-produced by Grizzly Bear bassist Chris Taylor. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Excuses" – 5:17
  2. "Promises" – 3:03
  3. "Wet Cement" – 3:55
  4. "Cold War (Nice Clean Fight)" – 1:44
  5. "Pleasure Sighs" – 4:28
  6. "Hand Me Downs" – 3:45
  7. "Mason Jar" – 4:45
  8. "All Day Day Light" – 3:38
  9. "Stitches" – 5:04
  10. "Sleeping In" – 3:14

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References

  1. "Big Echo". metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  2. Ryan, Larry (February 26, 2010). "Caught in the Net: A lo-fi wall of sound effect", The Independent , p. 24.