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Track listing

# "Pots & Pans" – 2:38 # "The Equestrian" – 3:27 # "The Year Before the Year 2000" – 2:26 # "Patty Lee" – 3:51 # "What Would Wolves Do?" – 2:56 # "Brace Yourself" – 4:13 # "Raging in the Plague Age" – 2:43 # "Slugs in the Shrubs" – 2:40 # "Kiss Kiss Is Getting Old" – 3:18 # "Comes & Goes" – 3:01 # "Scotchgard the Credit Card" – 3:06 # "The Lowest Bitter" – 4:20

Credits

;Les Savy Fav * Tim Harrington – vocals * Seth Jabour – guitar * Andrew Reuland – guitar *

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– bass * Harrison Haynes – drums ;Additional personnel *

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(drums) – track: 3, 9 * Joe Plummer (drums) – track: 5 *

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(drums) – track: 1, 4, 10 * Anawim "Nawi" Avila (saxophone) – track: 8, 12 * Adelquis E. Salom (trumpet) – track: 12 * Jason B. Silva (trombone) – track: 12 *

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(piano) – track: 10 * Aleah Robinson (violin) – track: 8

References

2007 albums Les Savy Fav albums Frenchkiss Records albums {{2000s-punk-rock-album-stub