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Deer Tick’s debut album, ‘War Elephant’, is back (even though it never went anywhere). It is the same stellar album released in 2007 and then reissued by Partisanin 2008. This version of the album finds us returning to the original 2007 illustrated cover. This cover will become the new standard version of the album across all formats. The music and track listing remains the same.
John McCauley III wrote, arranged, played, and recorded the album at the tender age of 21. The album is full of songs wiser and more nuanced than John should have been able to produce according to natural law. The words are deliberate and heartfelt and follow the lead of singer / songwriter heroes of John’s like Townes van Zandt, Neil Young and Richie Valens.
The album concludes with a cover of the 1962GRAMMY-winning Song Of The Year, ‘What Kind of Fool Am I’, made famous by Sammy Davis, Jr.
Tracklist
Ashamed
Art Isn't Real (City Of Sin)
Standing At The Threshold
Dirty Dishes
Long Time
Nevada
Baltimore Blues No. 1
These Old Shoes
Not So Dense
Spend The Night
Diamond Rings 2007
Sink Or Swim
Christ Jesus
What Kind Of Fool Am I