Send Flowers

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Send Flowers
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ReleasedMay 20, 2008
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Length29:19
Label Dine Alone
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Send Flowers is the debut album release from Black Lungs, the side project of Alexisonfire guitarist and backing vocalist Wade MacNeil. MacNeil's sound has been described as "the soundtrack for punk rockers, hip hoppers, pill poppers, young ladies and show stoppers."[ citation needed ]

The album was originally due out at the end of Alexisonfire's tour in December 2007, but was instead released in May 2008 with Dine Alone Records.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Wade MacNeil

  1. "A Blessing and a Curse" – 1:08
  2. "Fire and Brimstone" – 3:14
  3. "When It's Blackout" – 3:38
  4. "Hold Fast (Sink or Swim)" – 3:36
  5. "These Moments Define Us" – 3:12
  6. "For Her" – 3:37
  7. "So It Goes" – 3:19
  8. "Timeless" – 4:00
  9. "In Memory" – 3:48

Personnel

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