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Matt Pond’s very name evokes the natural world in which his songs are so often set, with their evocative lyrics about the sometimes jagged edges of love, the pros and cons of connection, and the agony and ecstasy of memory. He has always mapped the universal emotions of being alive onto the contours of his own stories.

From the band’s beginnings in Philadelphia, to their current home in the heart of the Hudson Valley, through 13 albums (among them Emblems, Several Arrows Later, The Dark Leaves, The State of Gold, and, most recently, the luminous The Natural Lines), Matt Pond PA has always been a living, breathing organism—one that’s constantly changing. One notable mainstay: Pond’s longtime right-hand man, Chris Hansen.

“I named the band after myself, but the fact is that this is a complete collaboration,” Pond says. “Everyone I've worked with lives in my head and in these songs.”
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Champagne Supernova
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Music From The O.C. Mix 4
07:12
Writer: Noel Thomas Gallagher
01
Halloween
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Several Arrows Later
05:02
Writer: Matthew Pond
01
Pillar of Salt (Stirred) [feat. Anya Marina]
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Pillar of Salt (Stirred) [feat. Anya Marina]
04:06
Composers: HUTCH HARRIS, KATHLEEN MICHELLE FOSTER
06
New Hampshire
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Emblems
04:50
Writer: Matthew Pond
03
Specks
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The Dark Leaves
03:49
Writer: Matthew Pond
06
Holiday Road
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Winter Songs
03:38
Writer: Lindsey Buckingham
03
Lily Two
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Emblems
04:03
Writer: Matthew Pond
09
Closer (Demo)
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A Collection of Bees, Pt. 1
04:29
Writer: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen / Composers: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen
01
Snow Day
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Winter Songs
03:31
Writer: Matthew Pond
01
In Winter
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Winter Lives
04:04
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
01
Heaven or Las Vegas
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Heaven or Las Vegas
04:53
Writer: Elizabeth Fraser - Robin Guthrie - Simon Raymonde
02
Real vs. Real
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Skeletons and Friends
05:03
02
So Much Trouble
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Several Arrows Later
03:58
Writer: Matthew Pond
05
Still Summer
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Still Summer
03:20
07
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
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Winter Songs
03:58
Writer: Jeffrey Magnum
07
Perfect Vision
Katy Goodman
Exquisite Corpse
03:32
01
The Kids In The Background
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The Kids In The Background
02:52
Writer: Matthew Pond - Chris Hansen
10
A Million Middle Fingers
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The Nature of Maps
02:00
01
Risky Business
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Risky Business
03:29
Writer: Matthew Pond
01
The Green Reeds By Your Feet
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The Green Reeds By Your Feet
02:12
Writer: Matthew Pond
01
The Ballad Of The Natural Lines
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The Ballad Of The Natural Lines
03:20
Writer: Matthew Pond
04
Several Arrows Later
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Several Arrows Later
03:34
Writer: Matthew Pond

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  • Discography
Albums
2025 Sonder House
07-02-2025
The Ballad Of The Natural Lines
01
The Ballad Of The Natural Lines
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The Ballad Of The Natural Lines
03:20
Writer: Matthew Pond
02
Connecticut
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The Ballad Of The Natural Lines
02:55
Writer: Matthew Pond
03
Those Wings
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The Ballad Of The Natural Lines
03:53
Writer: Matthew Pond - Chris Hansen
04
Goldie
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The Ballad Of The Natural Lines
03:30
Writer: Matthew Pond
05
The Clivia in the Living Room
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The Ballad Of The Natural Lines
01:44
Writer: Matthew Pond
06
Little Signs
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The Ballad Of The Natural Lines
02:57
Writer: Matthew Pond
07
Lost Languages
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The Ballad Of The Natural Lines
02:53
Writer: Matthew Pond
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2024 Sonder House
04-10-2024
Call and Response
01
Dynamite
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Call and Response
03:01
Writer: Matthew Pond
02
The Stars Sleep In The Sea
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Call and Response
03:57
Writer: Matthew Pond
03
Imagining Everything
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Call and Response
03:12
Writer: Matthew Pond
04
Halloween Two
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Call and Response
02:05
Writer: Matthew Pond
05
Side Eye Rolls
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Call and Response
03:36
Writer: Matthew Pond
06
Bitter Sweet Symphony
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Call and Response
05:18
Writer: Richard Paul Ashcroft
07
St. Lou
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Call and Response
03:43
Writer: Matthew Pond
131 Records
07-02-2020
A Collection of Bees, Pt. 1
01
Starlet (feat. Anya Marina) (Acoustic)
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A Collection of Bees, Pt. 1
03:34
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
02
Stopping
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A Collection of Bees, Pt. 1
03:20
Writer: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen / Composers: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen
03
Blue Fawn (First Light Demo)
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A Collection of Bees, Pt. 1
04:25
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
04
Love to Get Used (Acoustic)
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A Collection of Bees, Pt. 1
03:40
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
05
Wild Heart
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A Collection of Bees, Pt. 1
04:08
Composers: Stevie Nicks
06
First Fawn (Brooklyn Fawn Demo)
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A Collection of Bees, Pt. 1
03:20
Composers: matt pond PA
07
Lily Three (Acoustic)
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A Collection of Bees, Pt. 1
02:45
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
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2018 131 Records
07-12-2018
Free Fall
01
The Scope and Span of Pennsylvania
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Free Fall
03:16
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: matt pond PA - Chris Hansen - Matt Pond
02
Shortstack
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Free Fall
01:30
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: matt pond PA - Chris Hansen - Matt Pond
03
Outside
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Free Fall
03:42
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: matt pond PA - Chris Hansen - Matt Pond
04
Phamous Phriends
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Free Fall
03:51
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: matt pond PA - Chris Hansen - Matt Pond
05
An Autumn Afternoon
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Free Fall
01:57
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Chris Hansen - Matt Pond
06
Two Scoops
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Free Fall
03:02
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: matt pond PA - Matt Pond
07
Going Down
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Free Fall
04:03
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: matt pond PA - Chris Hansen - Matt Pond
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2017 131 Records
05-07-2017
Still Summer
01
A Spark
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Still Summer
02:09
02
Street Squirrels
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Still Summer
03:06
03
The Ballad of Laura and Mike (feat. Laura Stevenson)
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Still Summer
03:44
04
Legends After the Fall
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Still Summer
01:42
05
Still Summer
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Still Summer
03:20
06
Rabbit
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Still Summer
03:41
07
The Backyard
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Still Summer
02:03
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2016 131 Records
08-11-2016
Winter Lives
01
In Winter
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Winter Lives
04:04
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
02
The Glow
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Winter Lives
03:27
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
03
A Candle and a Deck of Cards
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Winter Lives
01:06
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
04
Fotzepolitic
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Winter Lives
03:42
Writer: Elizabeth Fraser - Robin Guthrie - Simon Raymonde / Composers: Elizabeth Fraser - Robin Guthrie - Simon Raymonde
05
Force of Nature
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Winter Lives
04:23
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
06
Sunset at the Gas Pump
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Winter Lives
01:45
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
07
Whoa
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Winter Lives
04:16
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
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131 Records
30-06-2015
The State of Gold
01
Spaceland (feat. Matthew Caws)
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The State of Gold
03:02
Writer: Matthew Pond / Composers: Matthew Pond
02
The State of Gold, Pt. 2
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The State of Gold
03:16
Writer: Matthew Pond / Composers: Matthew Pond
03
History of Canada
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The State of Gold
03:27
Writer: Matthew Pond - Chris Hansen / Composers: Matthew Pond - Chris Hansen
04
Four Eyes (feat. Laura Stevenson)
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The State of Gold
03:36
Writer: Matthew Pond / Composers: Matthew Pond
05
Don't Look Down
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The State of Gold
04:03
Writer: Matthew Pond / Composers: Matthew Pond
06
The State of Gold, Pt. 1
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The State of Gold
03:47
Writer: Matthew Pond / Composers: Matthew Pond
07
A Second Lasts a Second
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The State of Gold
03:45
Writer: Matthew Pond / Composers: Matthew Pond
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2017 131 Records
01-04-2014
Skeletons and Friends
01
You Made It (In Your Mind)
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Skeletons and Friends
03:52
02
Real vs. Real
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Skeletons and Friends
05:03
03
Heaven's Gate
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Skeletons and Friends
04:09
04
It's Not That It's Not
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Skeletons and Friends
02:13
05
Emptiness (Acoustic)
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Skeletons and Friends
04:14
06
Do You Know?
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Skeletons and Friends
03:13
07
Take Me With You (Acoustic)
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Skeletons and Friends
04:08
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131 Records
06-09-2011
Lebanon PA (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
01
Someone's Daughter
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Lebanon PA (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
03:16
Writer: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen / Composers: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen
02
76
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Lebanon PA (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
03:30
Writer: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen / Composers: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen
03
Those of Us Who Knew Him
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Lebanon PA (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
01:06
Writer: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen / Composers: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen
04
The People Next Door
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Lebanon PA (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
01:50
Writer: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen / Composers: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen
05
You Work Here?
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Lebanon PA (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
01:07
Writer: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen / Composers: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen
06
Maybe You Could Take Me?
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Lebanon PA (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
01:22
Writer: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen / Composers: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen
07
Philadelphia
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Lebanon PA (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
01:29
Writer: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen / Composers: Matt Pond - Chris Hansen
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2010 Only One On The Mountain
13-04-2010
The Dark Leaves
01
Starting
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The Dark Leaves
03:50
Writer: Matthew Pond
02
Running Wild
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The Dark Leaves
04:21
Writer: Matthew Pond
03
Specks
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The Dark Leaves
03:49
Writer: Matthew Pond
04
Remains
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The Dark Leaves
05:35
Writer: Matthew Pond
05
Sparrows
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The Dark Leaves
02:50
Writer: Matthew Pond
06
Brooklyn Fawn
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The Dark Leaves
03:56
Writer: Matthew Pond
07
Ruins
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The Dark Leaves
03:47
Writer: Matthew Pond
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2005 Only One On The Mountain
11-10-2005
Several Arrows Later
01
Halloween
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Several Arrows Later
05:02
Writer: Matthew Pond
02
So Much Trouble
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Several Arrows Later
03:58
Writer: Matthew Pond
03
The Trees And The Wild
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Several Arrows Later
02:48
Writer: Matthew Pond
04
Several Arrows Later
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Several Arrows Later
03:34
Writer: Matthew Pond
05
It Is Safe
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Several Arrows Later
04:58
Writer: Matthew Pond
06
Emblems
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Several Arrows Later
03:28
Writer: Matthew Pond
07
City Song
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Several Arrows Later
04:12
Writer: Matthew Pond
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2004 Only One On The Mountain
01-01-2004
Emblems
01
KC
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Emblems
02:53
Writer: Matthew Pond
02
Closest (Look Out)
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Emblems
04:48
Writer: Matthew Pond
03
Lily Two
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Emblems
04:03
Writer: Matthew Pond
04
Bring On The Ending
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Emblems
04:14
Writer: Matthew Pond
05
The Butcher
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Emblems
04:15
Writer: Matthew Pond
06
New Hampshire
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Emblems
04:50
Writer: Matthew Pond
07
Claire
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Emblems
03:03
Writer: Matthew Pond
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Polyvinyl Record Co.
15-10-2002
The Nature of Maps
01
Fairlee
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The Nature of Maps
03:16
02
No More
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The Nature of Maps
04:13
03
The Party
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The Nature of Maps
04:17
04
Closer
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The Nature of Maps
04:37
05
New Kehoe NJ
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The Nature of Maps
01:36
06
Close Map
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The Nature of Maps
02:38
07
No More (again)
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The Nature of Maps
01:43
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Polyvinyl Record Co.
22-01-2002
The Green Fury
01
Canadian Song
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The Green Fury
03:06
02
Measure 3
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The Green Fury
03:33
03
Neighbor's New Yard
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The Green Fury
01:03
04
City Plan
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The Green Fury
04:06
05
Promise The Bite
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The Green Fury
02:57
06
Silence
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The Green Fury
02:40
07
This Is Montreal
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The Green Fury
01:20
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131 Records
08-03-2000
Measure
01
Measure 1
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Measure
04:12
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
02
The Sound and the Words
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Measure
01:28
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
03
The Hollows
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Measure
03:24
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
04
Green Grass
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Measure
05:51
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
05
Measure 2
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Measure
03:08
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
06
Sugar House
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Measure
01:42
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
07
New Fall
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Measure
04:38
Writer: Matt Pond / Composers: Matt Pond
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