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Local Sub Pop offshoot Hardly Art offers 15 tracks for free download
Posted by Andrew Matson

Local record label Hardly Art, home to area luminaries The Dutchess and the Duke, Talbot Tagora, and Moondoggies, among others, is offering a great and mostly local sampler for free download. Get it here. Press release and track list after the jump.
In addition to selections from all of our releases thus far there are a few unreleased highlights - an early demo of the Dutchess & the Duke's "Back to Me", a stripped down / acoustic version of the Pica Beats' "Poor Old Ra" and a live version of Arthur & Yu's "Magic Mtn" (taken from a show at Seattle's Triple Door at which the Moondoggies served as Arthur & Yu's backing band). This digital sampler is the only place to get these unreleased tracks. Also included is the early Moondoggies song "Keep Her On the Line", previously available only on their limited edition Record Store Day 2009 EP.1. Hands - The Dutchess & the Duke
2. Forgive Me - Le Loup
3. Changing - The Moondoggies
4. There Are Too Many Birds - Arthur & Yu
5. Reservoir Park - The Dutchess & the Duke
6. Tora Tora Tora - Pretty & Nice
7. Ichthus Hop - Talbot Tagora
8. We Are Gods! We Are Wolves! - Le Loup
9. Summer Cutting Kale - The Pica Beats
10. Hideaway Tokyo - Pretty & Nice
11. Perception Stick - Talbot Tagora
12. Back To Me (previously unreleased demo) - The Dutchess & the Duke
13. Keep Her On The Line - The Moondoggies
14. Poor Old Ra (previously unreleased acoustic version) - The Pica Beats
15. Magic Mtn (previously unreleased live version) - Arthur & Yu w/ the Moondoggies
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