Mary's Voice

Mary's Voice is an album by The Music Tapes. Material from the album was previewed during the band's previous caroling tours. In the lead-up to the album, Julian Koster held a Kickstarter campaign for a subsequent tour, with rewards including signed copies/master copies of the album, personalized messages and images, and Koster's banjo used on previous albums, most notably Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.^[1][2] The album also features additional instrumentation from several members of the Elephant 6 Collective.

Mary's Voice
Studio album by The Music Tapes
Released	September 4, 2012
Genre	Indie rock, experimental, psychedelic folk
Length	41:28
Label	Merge Records
The Music Tapes chronology
Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes (2008) Mary's Voice (2012)

A music video for "S’Alive to Be Known (May We Starve)" premiered on MTV Hive shortly after the album's release.^[3]

Track listing

1. "The Dark Is Singing Songs (Sleepy Time Down South)" – 4:42
2. "Saw and Calliope Organ on Wire" – 0:57
3. "S' Alive (Pt. 1)" – 0:57
4. "The Big Beautiful Shops (It's Said That It Could Be Anyone)" – 5:03
5. "Spare the Dark Streets" – 4:16
6. "To All Who Say Goodnight" – 5:24
7. "Intermission (Pt. 1)" – 0:08
8. "Intermission (Pt. 2)" – 0:08
9. "Kolyada #3" – 1:43
10. "Playing Evening" – 4:33
11. "Go Home Again" – 3:29
12. "S' Alive to Be Known (May We Starve)" – 3:22
13. "Untitled" – 0:16
14. "Takeshi and Elijah" – 6:37

Note: The tracks "Intermission (Pt. 1)" and "Intermission (Pt. 2)" only appear on the CD and digital versions of the album. They are included to represent the flipping of a vinyl record.

External links

• Official site of The Music Tapes
• Merge Records site for Mary's Voice
• Stream of Mary's Voice
• Merge Records site for The Music Tapes