Elephant Micah and the Palmyra Palm

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Elephant Micah and the Palmyra Palm
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay, 2004
Genre Lo-fi/indie
Label Time-Lag Records
Elephant Micah chronology
Elephant Micah, Your Dreams Are Feeding Back
(2003)
Elephant Micah and the Palmyra Palm
(2004)
Elephant Micah and the Loud Guitars
(2004)

Elephant Micah and the Palmyra Palm is CD-R released by Elephant Micah. It contains material from the same sessions that would produce Elephant Micah and the Loud Guitars and Elephant Micah and the Agrarian Malaise. Released on Time-Lag Records in May, 2004.

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Track listing

  1. "The Paranoia"
  2. "Daniel's Song"
  3. "The Greatest Claim"
  4. "Girls Are Homely"
  5. "A Stylish Way"
  6. "Technology"
  7. "It's Music"
  8. "The Poison"
  9. "Fifteen or Five"
  10. "Mercy On Us"
  11. "(The Night I Dropped) My Plastic Amplifier"
  12. "Be My Bright Light"


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