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Mendoza Line hit the end of the line
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Paul M - May 25, 2007
Primary Mendoza Line songwriters Tim Bracy and Shannon McArdle have dissolved both their marriage and their musical collaboration. To, erm, celebrate, they will release the mini-album 30 Year Low on August 21 on LOW TRANSIT INDUSTRIES. In addition to the songwriting talents of the ex-couple, it features a Jimmy Silva cover and Okkervil River's Will Sheff duetting with McArdle on the Bracy-penned "Aspect of an Old Maid".
Upon its release, Low will come packaged with a second disc titled The Final Remarks of the Legendary Malcontent. Final Remarks is an odds and sods collection of sorts, featuring live tracks, demos, and covers of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Richard Thompson, and Arab Strap, among others.
The Mendoza Line have just two forthcoming shows scheduled, one tonight (May 24) in Boston and one tomorrow night in Providence. After wrapping things up as a band, McArdle will focus on other projects, and Bracy will continue on with the Mendoza Line.
30 Year Low tracklist:
01 Since I Came
02 Aspect of an Old Maid
03 31 Candles
04 I Lost My Taste
05 Love on Parole
06 Stepping on My Heels
07 Thirty Year Low
08 Tell It to the Raven (Jimmy Silva cover)
Final Remarks of the Legendary Malcontent tracklist:
01 Anything Goes (Cole Porter cover)
02 It Helps to Leave the House
03 Fleur de Lie (live)
04 Withered and Died (Richard Thompson cover)
05 Tougher Than the Rest (Bruce Springsteen cover)
06 Go Shopping
07 Now or Never or Later (original demo)
08 Packs of Three (Arab Strap cover)
09 Tax Me
10 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Bob Dylan cover)
11 I Am Small
12 Golden Boy (live)
13 The Likely Nominee
14 Mysterious in Black (live)
15 Mike T. Interlude (traditional)
16 Over the Hill (Ward Dotson cover)
17 Angry Crafts (Eleanor Reed cover)
18 Metro Pictures (alternate take)