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Described by Merritt as "my folk album", the instrumentation of Realism is largely acoustic, stark in contrast to the band's previous album, Distortion, released in 2008. Merritt said he "thought of the two records as a pair" and considered titling the albums True and False; ultimately, he couldn't decide which title would correspond with which album. Merritt avoided using a traditional drum kit, further separating the sound of Realism from the Noise Pop of Distortion. Along with Distortion and the 2004 album, Realism was also recorded without the use of synthesizers, completing the band's "no-synth trilogy".
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TRACK LISTING
1 You Must Be Out of Your Mind 3:14
2 Interlude 2:13
3 We Are Having a Hootenanny 2:10
4 I Don't Know What To Say 2:32
5 The Dolls' Tea Party 2:19
6 Everything is One Big Christmas Tree 2:24
7 Walk a Lonely Road 3:06
8 Always Already Gone 2:41
9 Seduced and Abandoned 2:23
10 Better Things 2:33
11 Painted Flower 2:12
12 The Dada Polka 2:24
13 From a Sinking Boat 3:26
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