Letters to You

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"Letters to You"
Finch letters to you.jpg
Single by Finch
from the album What It Is to Burn
ReleasedApril 22, 2003
Genre
Length4:29
Label Drive-Thru
Songwriter(s) Nate Barcalow
Finch singles chronology
"What It Is to Burn"
(2003)
"Letters to You"
(2003)
"New Beginnings"
(2003)

"Letters to You" is the second single released by Californian post-hardcore band Finch. It debuted at #39 in the UK, but fell out of the top 40 the following week. [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Finch

CD
No.TitleLength
1."Letters to You" (Album Version)3:20
2."Worms of the Earth"2:35
3."New Kid"4:14

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