| Front Porch Stories | ||||
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| Released | November 5, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | June 2002 at Sound of Music Studios, Richmond, Virginia | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Label | Fat Wreck Chords [1] | |||
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