Secret Square (album)

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Secret Square
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Studio album by
Secret Square
Released1995
Genre Indie pop
Length32:06
Label The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
Producer Hilarie Sidney
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Secret Square is an album by Secret Square. A lo-fi album with songs written by Hilarie Sidney and Lisa Janssen, it consists of seven original songs and four demos. The release went largely unnoticed. Sidney herself states "not a lot of people have" heard it. The album and the previously released single remain cult collector's items among Elephant 6 fans. Jim McIntyre of Von Hemmling provides bass for "Light of the Sun".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Love J.S." (L. Janssen) – 2:13
  2. "I've Been Watching" (H. Sidney) – 2:57
  3. "Plunky" (L. Janssen, H. Sidney) – 4:26
  4. "We Know" (L. Janssen) – 2:33
  5. "Sparkly Green Couch" (H. Sidney) – 2:31
  6. "Sad Endings" (L. Janssen) – 2:27
  7. "Means of Escape" (L. Janssen) – 3:53
  8. "Candy Says" (L. Reed) – 3:33
  9. "Relative" (L. Janssen) – 2:57
  10. "Light of the Sun" (H. Sidney) – 1:34
  11. "Aerodynamic (glendora mix)" (H. Sidney) – 3:02

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