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Being Blind(04:07)
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Hollow Reed(04:05)
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- These Parts(02:51)
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- How I Came to Know(04:11)
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- Best Believe(03:07)
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- You Love Your Wounds(02:37)
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- Give Faith(02:44)
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- Con Job(02:30)
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- Handwriting(02:13)
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- Monument(02:32)
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Lois Maffeo & Brendan Canty bio
Lois Maffeo (professionally known as Lois) is an American musician and writer who lives in Olympia, Washington. Although never achieving mainstream success, she has been closely involved with and influenced many Seattle-based musicians. She has been called the "indie godmother".
Having picked up a second-hand guitar in 1985, and learning from Calvin Johnson, her first band... was Lumihoops, with Sharon Berman and Jan Brock. They only played live once, at the Smithfield Cafe, but can be heard on the Yoyo Recordings compilation Throw.
Her second band, The Cradle Robbers, was formed with future The Spinanes member Rebecca Gates. They released one track on the compilation Red Hot + Bothered/Indie Rock Guide To Dating before disbanding.
She then teamed with drummer (and Yoyo Recordings founder) Pat Maley in a band named Courtney Love. There are multiple explanations for the name, but this was before Love herself became famous. The duo would release three well-regarded 7" singles and a few compilation tracks, but no albums.[3] According to Pitchfork Media, Maffeo was an early acolyte of the indie pop movement, as women musicians traded tapes and c Full bioRead more
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