What Was & What Is, by Real Numbers

What Was & What Is

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1.	Perils of Pauline 01:53	buy track
2.	Torn Up 00:56	buy track
3.	Only Two Can Play 02:02	buy track
4.	This Time He's Gone Too Far 02:08	buy track
5.	Up & About 01:03	buy track
6.	Ordeal 02:43	buy track
7.	Tear It In Two 02:00	buy track
8.	Pinckney St 01:49	buy track
9.	Might I See You Tonight 01:35	buy track
10.	No Exceptions 02:19	buy track
11.	Loreen 02:12	buy track
12.	Boats & Cars 02:04	buy track
13.	All About You 01:34	buy track
14.	A Life in Films 02:07	buy track
15.	Spirographic Skin 01:25	buy track
16.	Na Na Ooh 02:41	buy track

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Also available on cassette from Grabbing Clouds Records.

1-6: Only Two Can Play 12" (2013 - Three Dimensional)
7-8: Tear It In Two 7" (2011 - Floridas Dying)
9-16: Real Numbers 12" (2010 - Three Dimensional)

Sixteen track compilation of what is the best of the available Real Numbers material - this CD contains all of the tunes from the 12"es on Three Dimensional and the Florida's Dying 7", and ignores the tracks from the first two singles. Which makes sense, in that all of the stuff included is where Eli really "found" the Real Numbers sound (and uniform art aesthetic) and shows off the completed idea for the band, with the Anglophilia in full bloom and songwriting really at it's cleverest. Those early singles, while certainly not bad, just don't seem like what the band was meant to be. Anyway, this thing is pretty handy to have around, ...Eli wrote a shitload of hits over these records that all sound even better back-to-back. TVPs, The Times, Teenage Filmstars, even some Pooh Sticks perhaps. Delightful music. - Terminal Boredom

...the latest from these cats stakes out and stripmines the intersection between the Simpletones, Vaselines, and T.V. Personalities—all clean-channel guitars and happy hooks explored at various tempos. Great stuff... - Razorcake

(c) 2014 Almost Ready Records / Target Earth Records

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released November 1, 2014

Guitar, Vocals – Eli Hansen
Bass – Johnny Eggerman (tracks: 1-6), Mark Van Cleve (tracks: 7-16)
Drums – Matt Castore (tracks: 1-6), Matt Allen (tracks: 7-16)
Producer – Matt Castore (tracks: 1-6), Brian Cox (tracks: 7-16)

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Real Numbers Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Jun 21

Cloudland Theater

Minneapolis, MN

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