why is the cost of living so high when the price of life is so cheap?

by false tropics

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1.	growing slowly, as if from a seed 02:00	buy track
2.	sleep in 01:01	buy track
3.	moods 01:32	buy track
4.	ivan, you play like you have ice water in your veins 01:54	buy track
5.	blk fri 01:58	buy track
6.	laelee & arabeecus 00:44	buy track
7.	that (sinking) ship has sailed 02:17	buy track
8.	sickness 01:26	buy track
9.	tendo & brisa 01:04	buy track
10.	hidden people 02:14	buy track
11.	investigations 01:41	buy track
12.	the narcoleptic 01:54	buy track
13.	oracle 01:22	buy track
14.	lady edith 01:56	buy track
15.	heat 02:25	buy track
16.	spring broken 01:44	buy track
17.	two piece 01:54	buy track
18.	unofficial 02:40	buy track
19.	wombats! 01:49	buy track
20.	vaguely 01:01	buy track

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released April 11, 2020

the title of this album is paraphrased from a lyric by Alec MacKaye. the original goes: "i have to wonder why the cost of living is so high when the price of life is so cheap." it is from the Ignition song "Lucky Thirteen," released in 1988.

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