department of heartbreak, by sarah jane burgess

department of heartbreak

by sarah jane burgess

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1.	to the end of the world 02:39	buy track
2.	can't wait 03:15	buy track
3.	lonesome ethnographer lullaby waltz 03:56	buy track
4.	broken or whole 02:34	buy track
5.	department of heartbreak 03:45	buy track
6.	just in case we go splitsy 02:28	buy track
7.	air conditioning 01:21	buy track
8.	ballston, VA 02:21	buy track
9.	steal something 03:04	buy track
10.	out out out 02:54	buy track
11.	no lullaby 03:05	buy track
12.	we were strangers 02:44	buy track
13.	watchlist 02:31	buy track

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sarah jane burgess' haunting debut album draws on old americana to tell stories about travel, lonesomeness, and the monotony of loss.

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released September 20, 2017

all songs written and performed by sarah burgess
recorded by eamonn aiken at the bastille studio
album art by ron toole

"splitsy" - musical assistance by teaville bourque
"department of heartbreak" - lyrical assistance by steve mears + anonymous
"strangers" - musical assistance by abigail cleveland
"ballston, VA" - lyrical assistance by anonymous
"on the watchlist" - lyrical assistance by james ploeser

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music maker based in washington, dc

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