Idle Hands (Fatso Jetson album)

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Idle Hands
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 2016
Studio Rancho De La Luna
Joshua Tree, California
Genre
Length56:22
Label Heavy Psych Sounds
Producer Mathias Schneeberger & Mario Lalli
Fatso Jetson chronology
Archaic Volumes
(2010)
Idle Hands
(2016)
Live From Total Annihilation
(2022)

Idle Hands is the eighth album by American desert rock band Fatso Jetson, released in 2016 by Heavy Psych Sounds. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Wires Wheels and Robots"5:54
2."Portuguese Dream"2:41
3."Royal Family"4:52
4."Nervous Eater"4:16
5."Seroquel"6:33
6."Idle Hands"5:44
7."Last of the Good Times"5:23
8."Then and Now"5:27
9."The Vincent Letter"6:56
10."48 Hours"4:26
11."Dream Hours"4:05
Total length:56:22

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. "FATSO JETSON : Idle Hands - CD - HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS - Forced Exposure".
  2. "FATSO JETSON Reveal 'Idle Hands' Art & Details; Preorders Now". The Obelisk. August 29, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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