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Lost Loves is an album from Minus the Bear. The album contains rare and unreleased songs from the band's history. It was released on October 7, 2014 through Dangerbird Records.
Voids is the sixth and final full-length album from Minus the Bear, released on March 3, 2017. It is their fourth full-length album to be released on Suicide Squeeze Records and was produced by Sam Bell. It is their only album recorded with drummer Kiefer Matthias, who had joined the band in 2015 to replace Erin Tate.
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- ↑ For example, Sub Pop posters from the Heather Duby album Post to Wire can be seen in the background of several shots of the movie American Pie 2.
- ↑ "Sub Pop Records". www.subpop.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12.
