Mark Davis is a

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singer-songwriter from

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."Mark Davis Talks New Album, Eclectic Side-Projects"
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'', June 8, 2011. He is most noted for his 2011 album ''Eliminate the Toxins'', which was a longlisted nominee for the

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band Old Reliable, he released two concurrent solo albums, ''Mistakes I Meant to Make'' and ''Don't You Think We Should Be Closer?'', in 2007. ''Eliminate the Toxins'' followed in 2011; in the same year, Davis and Lorrie Matheson collaborated on a cover of Deja Voodoo's "Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die" for the first '' Have Not Been the Same'' charity compilation. Since the release of ''Eliminate the Toxins'', Davis has collaborated with Sean Picard in the synthpop duo Concealer, who released their debut album ''feted:fetid'' in 2015."Edmonton's Concealer a musical odd couple that clicks"
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'', September 1, 2015.

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