''Awful Mess Mystery'' is the debut

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band Wolfie, released in 1998 via Mud Records. In a 2005 article on indie pop,

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's Nitsuh Abebe referred to it as "an insanely good record that hardly anyone likes" and "one of the best albums of the nineties."

Track listing

# "I Know I Know I Know" # "Mockhouse" # "Hey It's Finally Yay" # "Yeah Yeah You" # "Subroutine The Reward" # "Ikat Me" # "Lazy Weekend, Stormy Season" # "Getting The Reach That I Need" # "Live Saver Socks" # "Everybody Ought To Know" # "I Gotta, U Gotta" # "Iron Orange, Iron Blue" # "Want To Practice (You Do)"

References

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