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1.	Dumb - I Don't Wanna Die on I-35 02:17	buy track
2.	Annabelle Chairlegs - Cementville 02:16	buy track
3.	Pollen RX - Sand in the Well 02:56	buy track
4.	Sailor Poon - Leather Daddy (King Khan Mix) 02:34	buy track
5.	Party Plants - Canibalou 02:13	buy track
6.	Milezo - C'mon Let's Get Tribal (Like Before the Bible) 02:39	buy track
7.	Popper Burns - Apollo 11 (Live) 02:09	buy track
8.	The Zoltars - I Walk Alone at Night (Alternate Version) 02:44	buy track
9.	Daniel Francis Doyle & the Dreams - What Do You Do with That? 03:20	buy track
10.	¿Qué Pasa? - Lies 05:56	buy track
11.	Basketball Shorts - Kevin McAllister 02:32	buy track
12.	David Israel - Coldwar Superchild 03:35	buy track
13.	Mean Jolene - Sick Obsession 02:05	buy track
14.	Très Oui - Fall Back (Demo) 03:13	buy track
15.	Pataphysics - Can't Stop Stealing 01:48	buy track
16.	Big Bill - Every City 02:30	buy track
17.	Critical Dad - Above All 02:41	buy track
18.	Cross Record - I Know You (Remix) 04:20	buy track
19.	Strange Mother - La Reina de Tejano 02:40	buy track

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In Austin, or as David Israel says in his song on this very compilation, “here in Yuppieland,” the milieu of banal capitalism run amok is no different, really, than in any other booming American city. If anything, perhaps an ever-present industrialness shares some responsibility for the laid-back “weirdness” that this town is (somewhat facetiously at this point) known for. After all, without stuffy conservatism and fraternity culture, we wouldn’t have gotten the 1980 Big Boys ode to violent class warfare, “Frat Cars.” (With its classic opening line, “Gonna kill some frats, let’s get ‘em!”) Opting out can be a powerful constructive impulse. Perhaps no local artist has illustrated this more consistently than the great populist Richard Linklater, who, after all, made Slacker (1991), a film as conceptually ambitious as its characters aren’t. In this sick sad corporate world, to be a slacker, or a freak, or an intellectual cowboy, is to take a political stance. I won’t sign your pledge, man.

The twenty songs on this compilation reflect an eclectic, vibrant, radical scene that is far from dead, even (or perhaps especially) as the cost of living soars and gentrification does its thing. There are anti-love songs (Sailor Poon’s hilarious, fuckboy-trolling “Leather Daddy”), radically absurd songs (Pataphysics’ creepy ode to shoplifting, “Can't Stop Stealing”) and morbid humor (see DUMB’s opening anthem “I Don’t Wanna Die On I-35”). Even the dystopian environmental report “Sand In The Well,” by Pollen Rx, is delivered with pop aplomb. We’re proud of this record. Everything on it is either brand new, unreleased, or rare. It feels like a really good mixtape, and we can’t stop listening to it. Everyone truly brought their best to the table, and we feel like something magical came from it. We hope you enjoy Slack Capital.

--Eric Braden of Big Bill and Nathan Lankford of Austin Town Hall Records

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released April 7, 2016

Extra Album Mastering by Mike Kennerty

Songs curated by Eric Braden and Nathan Lankford
Photographs by Liz Moskowitz
Art design and layout by Liz Moskowitz and Eric Braden

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