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The Airborne Toxic Event (Deluxe Edition)

The Airborne Toxic Event

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Released: Jan 2008
Label: Island Records
For this LA-based guitar pop band, channeling devastating life events into song is an upbeat artform. Clearly taking cues from masked melancholy masters The Smiths, or more recently Arcade Fire, frontman/lyricist Mikel Jollett sings his pained, poetic stories about heartbreaking run-ins with exes ("Sometime Around Midnight"), and desperate attempts to calm his nerves ("Something New"). Meanwhile the optimistic, new-wave inspired, violin-heavy musicality of the band shrouds the depressive words in disco beats and post-punk fervor.
- Jen Guyre
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (Deluxe Edition) 2009-02-27
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    Wishing Well
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    Papillon
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    Gasoline
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    Happiness Is Overrated
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    Does This Mean You're Moving On?
    Does This Mean You're Moving On?
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    This Is Nowhere
    This Is Nowhere
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    Sometime Around Midnight
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    Something New
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    Missy
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    Innocence
    Innocence
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    The Winning Side (Bonus Track)
    The Winning Side (Bonus Track)
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    This Losing (Bonus Track)
    This Losing (Bonus Track)
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    The Girls In Their Summer Dresses (Bonus Track)
    The Girls In Their Summer Dresses (Bonus Track)
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    Gasoline (Acoustic Version (Bonus Track))
    Gasoline (Acoustic Version (Bonus Track))
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    Sometime Around Midnight (Acoustic Version (Bonus Track))
    Sometime Around Midnight (Acoustic Version (Bonus Track))
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