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on 26 June. He spent the remainder of the year on a national tour. The album received high praise for its "bruised sounding beauty" and short, simple songs that "let his voice do the talking". On 15 January 2008, NPR Music chose the opening track "Serpentine" as its Song of the Day.
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student Jansen Swy along with other friends set music to Swy's poetry, calling the short-lived project The
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