Porcella is an album by Canadian

Canada

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 indie rock

Indie rock

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 band The Deadly Snakes

The Deadly Snakes

The Deadly Snakes were a Canadian indie rock band influenced by garage rock, punk, folk rock, and early r&b.-History:Formed in Toronto in 1996, the band's final line-up consisted of Andre Ethier on vocals and guitars, Matthew Carlson on guitar, trumpet and bass, Chad Ross on guitar, bass and...

, released in 2005 on Paper Bag Records

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The album's single "Gore Veil" was named one of the ten best Canadian songs of 2005 by CBC Radio 3

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. The album was also subsequently shortlisted for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize

2006 Polaris Music Prize

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. It was, however, the band's final album.

In an interview with Toronto's NOW

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magazine following the band's breakup in 2006, keyboardist Max "Age of Danger" McCabe-Lokos described Porcella's creative process as a difficult one, marked by creative tension between him and bandleader Andre Ethier

Andre Ethier (musician)

Andre Ethier is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter and visual artist, who was formerly associated with the indie rock band The Deadly Snakes. He has also released three solo albums....

. Ethier had released a solo album in 2004, and McCabe-Lokos admitted to NOW that his own response to that was to assert greater creative control over Porcella than he had on past Snakes albums, taking on both production and mixing duties.

Track listing

1. "Debt Collection" – 3:01
2. "200 Nautical Miles" – 2:16
3. "Sissy Blues" – 2:09
4. "High Prices Going Down" – 2:47
5. "Gore Veil" – 4:34
6. "So Young & So Cruel" – 3:25
7. "Let It All Go" – 2:57
8. "Work" – 3:32
9. "Oh Lord, My Heart" – 3:13
10. "I Heard Your Voice" – 3:29
11. "By Morning, It's Gone" – 1:54
12. "Banquet" – 2:42
13. "A Bird in the Hand Is Worthless" – 3:11

Porcella - A Bird in the Hand is Worthless (Double LP - vinyl only/alternate artwork)

1. "Debt Collection" – 3:01
2. "Sissy Blues" – 2:09
3. "High Prices Going Down" – 2:47
4. "Oh Lord, My Heart" – 3:13
5. "Ambulance Man" - 4:19
6. "She's Going Home With Him" - 2:58
7. "Break Up Conversation" - 3:27
8. "Bound To Get Lonely" - 2:45
9. "By Morning, It's Gone" – 1:54
10. "Veronica Brown" - 4:41
11. "I Heard Your Voice" – 3:29
12. "Don River Jail" - 2:19
13. "Let It All Go" – 2:57
14. "A Bird in the Hand Is Worthless" – 3:11
15. "No Sympathy" - 4:15
16. "Gore Veil" – 4:34
17. "So Young & So Cruel" – 3:25
18. "Work" – 3:32
19. "200 Nautical Miles" – 2:16
20. "Banquet" – 2:42