Heathen Songs

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Heathen Songs
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ReleasedAugust 2004 (2004-08)
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Length48:41
Label
Producer Simon Struthers
The Kill Devil Hills chronology
Heathen Songs
(2004)
The Drought
(2006)

Heathen Songs is the debut album from The Kill Devil Hills, released in August 2004 and nationally on 7 February 2005 on the independent label Torn and Frayed and distributed by Reverberation Records.

The album was reissued by Shock Records on 11 June 2007.

The album was recorded, mixed and co-produced by Simon Struthers (Adam Said Galore).

Track listing

  1. "Changin' the Weather" - 5:05
  2. "Gunslinger" - 4:13
  3. "Angry Town" - 6:20
  4. "The Heathen Song" - 4:22
  5. "The People Stain" - 3:24
  6. "Drinking Too Much" - 3:58
  7. "6=5" - 5:02
  8. "Tryin' To Forget About You" - 4:51
  9. "Brown Skin" - 4:24
  10. "Kill Devil Hills" - 3:44
  11. "Changin' the Weather (reprise)" - 3:18

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