A City In Ruins, by The Alexander

A City In Ruins

by The Alexander

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4010 A wonderful blend of midwest emo and post-rock, The Alexander are yet another band unfairly forgotten in the gap between the end of second wave emo and the resurgence of the revival. We are fortunate that this music is now on Bandcamp. FFO: Penfold, The Bitter Life Typecast, Fly Mordecai Favorite track: Secret Gardens.

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1.	These Walls 04:28	buy track
2.	Big Brother Big Brother 03:36	buy track
3.	The Village 03:05	buy track
4.	Secret Gardens 06:36	buy track
5.	I Once Was There 04:54	buy track
6.	Gesthemene 04:24	buy track
7.	Is This Not What You Wanted? 05:20	buy track
8.	Thallessa (A Glimpse of Happiness) 04:08	buy track
9.	This Is The Light, It Is Dim 05:44	buy track
10.	I Have Seen The Promise Land 06:59	buy track
11.	... And We Heard Battle Cries 04:20	buy track

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Release May 2004, Dallas, TX.

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released December 12, 2017

Chris Sims - Guitar/keys/vox
Marshall Anderson- Guitar/samples
Cyrus Zeinalpour- Bass
Dees Stribling - Drums/Keys

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