At Least for Last Night (Discography)

by Coalmine Canary

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Professionally dubbed green tinted cassette in a limited run of 30. Includes 6 bonus live tracks. Hand numbered.

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Limited Edition Zine and "At Least" Cassette
-12 page zine with color photos. Includes an essay on the band written by Shawn, show photos, fliers, and a track listing for the cassette.
- Professionally dubbed green tinted cassette in a limited run of 20. Includes 6 bonus live tracks. Hand numbered.

Includes unlimited streaming of At Least for Last Night (Discography) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	At Least for Last Night 02:40	buy track
2.	127 Fourth Avenue 01:36	buy track
3.	Make it Rain 02:17	buy track
4.	Entitlement 01:46	buy track
5.	More Nervous in the Center 02:29	buy track
6.	Rubbish 01:39	buy track
7.	Casio Number Forty-Five 03:12	buy track
8.	Mount Doom 01:10	buy track
9.	Greek Mythology 02:22	buy track
10.	Something About Cartography 02:50	buy track
11.	Drawbridge Blues 03:05	buy track
12.	That Light, His Light, in that Car, is On 05:58	buy track
13.	A Willie Nelson Song (2008) 04:18	buy track
14.	Eight Ropes 04:03	buy track
15.	A Willie Nelson Song (2009) 04:32	buy track
16.	Jane's Song 02:23	buy track
17.	Doppelgangers in Disguise 03:16	buy track
18.	Ivory Towers 03:10	buy track

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“At Least for Last Night” is a time capsule love letter. The 24 track cassette, captures most of the discography of Coalmine Canary, an apt name for a short lived project. In October 2008, Justin Demers, Shawn Massak, and Andrew Mello started writing noisy lo-fi folk songs and recording them on an internal mic on an old Mac computer. Just over a year later, after graduations, 25 shows across six states, a house break-in and stolen equipment, line-up changes, a new sound that cut the drum machine for twinkly emo, and fallout between friends, Coalmine Canary broke up.

“At Least for Last Night” captures the uncertainty of that time in all of its fractious beauty. The songs showcase a band coming to terms with a developing sound. “Entitlement” features the bands use of entwining male-female vocals (provided by Massak and Jane Wisehart), haunting instrumentation provided by Justin Demers on Guitar and Mandolin, and Nick Stockwell’s heartbeat baseline to tie it all together. In contrast, “Something About Cartography” is a grainy keyboard driven track that sounds like it may have been pulled from Daniel Johnston’s back catalog. Somewhere in the middle is “A Willie Nelson Song (2009)”, a full band ballad with layered vocals, swirling guitars, and even a melodica centered bridge.

“At Least for Last Night” may be best enjoyed with a copy of the accompanying zine. With full color pictures and a history of the band written by one of its members, the booklet contextualizes the songs and puts them in conversation with each other. Musically, the tape would appeal to fans of Owen, Pedro the Lion, and Carissa's Wierd though the strength of the project lies in its completionist zeal for a full story of a mostly forgotten band.

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released May 12, 2018

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Coalmine Canary Lowell, Massachusetts

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