Secret Lives of the Freemasons

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Secret Lives! Of The Freemasons
Origin Asheville, North Carolina
Genres Post-hardcore
Years active20032008
Labels Victory Records

Secret Lives! Of The Freemasons or alternatively "Secret Lives!" was a band from Asheville, North Carolina. They formed in Asheville in 2003 after the breakup of two other local bands, A Kiss Before Dying and Throwing Myself. [1] In 2004 the group signed with Astro Magnetics (partly owned by Geoff Rickly of Thursday), who released their 2005 full-length; [2] the group left the label in June 2007, [3] and the next month signed with Victory Records. [4] They have toured nationally with such groups as He Is Legend, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, The Sleeping and Envy On the Coast. [1]

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Discography

   1. Dance!    2. Make Like A Door And Shut Up    3. It Only Took A Whisper    4. A Song Of Hope    5. Glazed Over Eyes Never Lie    6. To The Barricades    7. This Was Built To Make You Dance (The Dance Dance Revolution)    8. If It Weren't For Pickpockets, I'd Have No Sexlife At All    9. And Then A Hurricane    10. I Fought The Broad (And The Broad Won)    11. How To Beat A Dead Horse    12. Less 'Tude, More Dude    13. Sweet Bonus Mosh
   1. Chug And Leave    2. Mascara    3. Dirty Laundry    4. The New Whack    5. Feels Like Home    6. Why We Run    7. Airplanes    8. There's Wolves Out There    9. Painting Monsters    10. The Death Of...    11. Xanax    12. Life Begins At 40oz.

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References

  1. 1 2 Secret Lives of the Freemasons at Allmusic.com
  2. Tony Pascarella, Album Review, April 25, 2005. Accessed November 3, 2007.
  3. Secret Lives of the Freemasons leave Astro Magnetics, punknews.org, June 24, 2007. Accessed November 3, 2007.
  4. Shultz, Brian (July 30, 2007). "Victory signs Secret Lives of the Freemasons". Punknews.org. Retrieved May 30, 2022.