This was originally released as a cassette on Best Kept Secret Tapes in Italy at the end of 2008. The label has since stopped releasing music (and copying tapes), so I figured it was okay to go ahead and upload it for you all. Hope you enjoy.

lord made lady
lady made lovechild
lady made trouble
lovechild made trouble
lord’s fault?

Copyright Notice:
the music of this album is copyrighted under Creative Commons.
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originally released on www.headphonica.com > cat.no. hpcd006

download the album (parts 1 & 2) here! for a physical copy, please email us at theyataris@yahoo.com

mean winter/joyous praise is the follow up to our 2009 record, fun summer. the songs on this album were recorded within the last year, except for project sunway and paint her, which were recorded in 2008. a special thanks to bill martin for playing drums on "song for lee". the album is split into two parts. this is part two. listen to part one here!

Part One (Mean Winter)
1. Nyt
2. Blue Prints
3. I Know Why
4. Coyote
5. Fair Play
6. AKR4
7. Welcome to Area 51
8. Untold Secrets
9. Kallidakavice
10. Song for Lee
11. Love Flight of a Pink Candy Heart
12. Born to Love
13. Canada Dry
14. Leap Head
15. Shoes
16. I Realize
17. Alca
18. Project Sunway
19. Stealzys
20. Ballad for Marina

Part 2 (Joyous Praise)
1. We Act Bad
2. Nightingale (Grey Green Red)
3. Typewriter Ink
4. Dreamy
5. Eyes Gone Blank
6. Me & You & a Tape Machine
7. A Book I Read In Bed
8. What it Takes
9. Bam
10. Phantom Cosmonaut
11. Nuzi
12. Malk Man
13. Wooden Science
14. I’ll Carry You
15. Umami
16. Drum Feat
17. Paint Her
18. Africa
19. Paper Axis
20. Maybe One Day

6 cover songs:

The White Stripes
Neil Young
Sufjan Stevens
Bob Dylan
Pixies
The American Analog Set

Recorded over a couple of days at Northmaiden Studios in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.