Trying to Get Somewhere

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Trying to Get Somewhere is the fifth and final release by Canadian indie rock band Shotgun & Jaybird, released in 2006 on Sappy Records.

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Shotgun & Jaybird were a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2003 in Dawson City and based in Sackville, New Brunswick.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "3 1 8 6 4 2 9 7 5"
  2. "Two and Two is Four"
  3. "Writing on Our Arms"
  4. "Come Back Slowly"
  5. "Borrowed Mini-Vans"
  6. "Low Tide Phobia"
  7. "Lovers of the World Be on Time Tonight"
  8. "Cabin Fever"
  9. "Head Security Guard Surveys the Ground Around Him"
  10. "Re:tired"
  11. "Pidgeon"

Critical reception

Vish Khanna of Exclaim! Magazine said Trying to Get Somewhere was an unplanned "powerful, inspiring record". [1]

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References

  1. Khanna, Vish (13 February 2007). "Shotgun & Jaybird Trying to Get Somewhere". Exclaim!. Retrieved 24 December 2017.