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Portastatic – A Cunning Latch
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(1993 – present)
Since then the side-project has recorded (using a variety of lineups) six full length albums, several singles, and two movie soundtracks. In 1994, McCaughan released his first Portastatic album I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle; followed in 1995 by a second album, Slow Note from a Sinking Ship, and the “Scrapbook” EP. The Nature of Sap appeared in 1997, and the moniker emerged again with 2000’s EP “De Mel, De Melao”, which paid homage to classic Brazilian artists like Caetano Veloso and Arnaldo Baptista. In 2001, McCaughan returned with Looking for Leonard, the score to a film written and directed by Superchunk fans Matt Bissonette and Steven Clark.
The full-length Summer of the Shark was released in 2003, followed closely by its partner EP “Autumn Was A Lark”, which was also made full-length by including acoustic versions of older songs. 2005’s Bright Ideas was Portastatic’s first album that did not contain a single track recorded on a Portastudio. McCaughan’s most recent commercial album under the Portastatic moniker was Be Still Please, released in 2006.
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Sweetness and Light
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Cheers and Applause
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Getting Saved
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Bright Ideas
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BearPolar
Wow.
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bullfroggreen
Love 'The Nature of Sap' ! Had it on CD, but recently picked it up on Vinyl!
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onehepcat
you know that portastatic is still my favorite band
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Miqdadjavier
bright ideas
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pianistman1337
mac is the man. i wanna know girls. white wave. spying on the spys. so many great tunes.
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Psiloocybe
I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle > mute 2 ♥
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PerfectlyLethal
I love The Summer of the Shark and Bright Ideas.
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amazing
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BridgeTheStars
DarkArchonDan -- that's what i did too!
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The_Junior
crayon box
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DarkArchonDan
Giving this band a try after hearing them referenced in a song by The Gerbils.
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aboutbeingsober
Bright Ideas is great.
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kasper_linge
Truckstop Cassettes is something big to do
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katarana
japanese? lol
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backroomghost
I hope the main picture never changes
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cutecyte
I love Sweetness And Light.
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Cornholio4242
who tagged this as japanese?
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Night64
Lamento Sertanejo was probably the weirdest thing I ever heard!
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scotthome
a 'third' disc of rarities to go along with 'Some Small History' has been released on the Merge site...and the price is right - Free.
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