Earth Junk

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Earth Junk
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2008
RecordedPremium Recording, Austin, Texas
Genre Rock
Length33:00
Label Drag City [1]
Producer The Howling Hex
The Howling Hex chronology
The Howling Hex XI
(2007)
Earth Junk
(2008)
Rogue Moon
(2009)

Earth Junk is a studio album by indie rock band The Howling Hex. [2] It was released by Drag City in 2008.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork Media 4.5/10 [4]
PopMatters (favorable) [5]
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Track listing

All songs written by the Howling Hex except where noted.
  1. "Big Chief Big Wheel" – 2:50
  2. "Sundays Are Ruined Again" – 3:09
  3. "Annie Get Redzy" – 3:23
  4. "Faithful Sister" – 1:56
  5. "Contraband & Betrayal" (Angel Gonzalez) – 4:00
  6. "No Good Reason" – 3:04
  7. "The Arrows" – 3:03
  8. "Blood & Dust" – 4:05
  9. "Coffin Up Cash" – 6:19
  10. "O Why, Sports Coat?" – 1:15

Personnel

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