| Blood and Aphorisms | ||||
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| Released | September 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Indie | |||
| Length | 22:33 | |||
| Label | Self-released | |||
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Blood and Aphorisms is the first EP by the band As Tall as Lions which was self-released in 2002. Some of the songs were later re-recorded for the album Lafcadio.
* = re-recorded for Lafcadio .
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Daniel Leonard Nigro is an American musician, songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer. He was the lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band As Tall As Lions. Nigro has produced, written and co-written songs for singers Kylie Minogue, Caroline Polachek, Olivia Rodrigo, Conan Gray and many others. He won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for producing Rodrigo's Sour album.
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