Fewer Moving Parts
[06.13.06]
CD released by Jade Tree. [JT1121]

Features a full-band and acoustic version of each of the 5 songs on the EP.

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01. Selling Advertising (Making It, Faking It, Breaking It)
02. How I Remember (Don't Cry, I'm Not Gunna Hurt You)
03. Fewer Broken Pieces (Cake and Eat It, Too)
04. Cold Beer And Cigarettes (The Devil Is Beating His Wife)
05. Backwoods Nation (Speeding The Collapse)

Stations EP
[12.21.04]
iTunes exclusive EP released by Jade Tree. [JT1104]
Available only from iTunes.

Tracks 1-3 recorded live in the studio at WLUW-FM in Chicago on June 30th 2004. Tracks 4-6 recorded live in Toronto at the Horseshoe Tavern by CBC Radio on June 24, 2004.

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01. Big Trucks
02. Of Minor Prophets and Their Prostitute Wives
03. I Do
04. Never Leave a Job Half Done
05. Start Without Me
06. Political Science [Randy Newman Cover]

Tour EP 2004
[06.13.04]
CD available only at shows in 2004 and from pedrothelion.com.

Features live in-studio recordings of some PtL favorites, as well as a few covers.

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01. Transcontinental
02. I Am Always the One Who Calls
03. Political Science [Randy Newman Cover]
04. Metal Heart [Cat Power Cover]
05. Slow and Steady Wins the Race
06. Let Down [Radiohead Cover]

Progress
[06.27.00]
CD & 7" Vinyl released on Suicide Squeeze. [SS11]

The 7" version has only the first two tracks, but comes with the illustrated children's book A Guitar for Janie [written by Buchen and illustrated by Rob Patterson].

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01. June 18, 1976
02. April 6, 2039
03. Of Up and Coming Monarchs [radio session]
04. Letter From a Concerned Follower [radio session]

The Only Reason I Feel Secure
(Is That I Am Validated By My Peers)
[06.01.99]
CD & 12" Vinyl released by Made In Mexico. [MEX006]
CD & 12" Vinyl re-released by Jade Tree. [JT1064]

Tracks 6-8 were recorded by David Bazan at Casa Recording Co. in 1998 (featured on the Big Trucks 7") & are exclusive to the Jade Tree re-release.

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01. Criticism As Inspiration

I saw in your bedroom,
The drawers had been emptied.
Looking for answers but
You won't admit it now.

You don't need a reason,
That's what you tell me
But I still don't buy it.
You drink yourself silly
Night after night.

It makes me feel so good
To always tell you when you're wrong.
The big man that I am
To always have to put you down.

Then there's your girlfriend,
She opens her legs and
Gives your life meaning.
Is that what you love her for?

The angel is always looking down,
He's perfect without frown,
The bully always wins.

It makes me look so good
To always put you in your place.
I can write it in a song
But never say it to your face
To your face.

02. I Am Always the One Who Calls
03. Invention
04. Letter From a Concerned Follower
05. Be Thou My Vision
06. Big Trucks [Big Trucks 7" Version]
07. Diamond Ring [Big Trucks 7" Version]
08. Invention [Big Trucks 7" Version]

Whole EP
[04.14.97]
CD & 10" Vinyl released by Tooth and Nail. [TN1086]

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01. Nothing
02. Fix
03. Almost There
04. Whole
05. Lullaby
06. Hymn