''Porcella'' is an album by

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band

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, released in 2005 on

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and licensed for Canadian distribution by

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. The album's single "Gore Veil" was named one of the ten best Canadian songs of 2005 by

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. The album was also subsequently shortlisted for the

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'', September 18, 2006. It was, however, the band's final album. In interviews around the time of the band's breakup in 2006, keyboardist Max "Age of Danger" McCabe-Lokos described ''Porcella'''s creative process as a difficult one, marked by creative tension between him and bandleader André Ethier."After tomorrow, they'll be on different planes"
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'', August 24, 2006. Ethier had released a solo album in 2004, and McCabe-Lokos admitted that his own response to that was to assert greater creative control over ''Porcella'' than he had on past Snakes albums, taking on both production and mixing duties. A vinyl-only reissue of the album was released in 2006, with an altered track order and seven new songs not on the original release.

Track listing

#"Debt Collection" – 3:01 #"200 Nautical Miles" – 2:16 #"Sissy Blues" – 2:09 #"High Prices Going Down" – 2:47 #"Gore Veil" – 4:34 #"So Young & So Cruel" – 3:25 #"Let It All Go" – 2:57 #"Work" – 3:32 #"Oh Lord, My Heart" – 3:13 #"I Heard Your Voice" – 3:29 #"By Morning, It's Gone" – 1:54 #"Banquet" – 2:42 #"A Bird in the Hand Is Worthless" – 3:11 ''Porcella - A Bird in the Hand is Worthless (Double LP - vinyl only/alternate artwork)'' #"Debt Collection" – 3:01 #"Sissy Blues" – 2:09 #"High Prices Going Down" – 2:47 #"Oh Lord, My Heart" – 3:13 #"Ambulance Man" - 4:19 #"She's Going Home With Him" - 2:58 #"Break Up Conversation" - 3:27 #"Bound To Get Lonely" - 2:45 #"By Morning, It's Gone" – 1:54 #"Veronica Brown" - 4:41 #"I Heard Your Voice" – 3:29 #"Don River Jail" - 2:19 #"Let It All Go" – 2:57 #"A Bird in the Hand Is Worthless" – 3:11 #"No Sympathy" - 4:15 #"Gore Veil" – 4:34 #"So Young & So Cruel" – 3:25 #"Work" – 3:32 #"200 Nautical Miles" – 2:16 #"Banquet" – 2:42

References

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