The Optimistic (produced by Louka Patenaude)

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1.	I Came from a Cave Full of Yellow Singing Leperkhans (150bpm) 02:00	info	buy track
2.	Minoan Pillars (112bpm) 05:03	info	buy track
3.	Universal Healthcare (125 BPM) 03:34	info	buy track
4.	Middle East 03:17	info	buy track
5.	In My Tea (153 BPM) 02:59	info	buy track
6.	First Single (150bpm) 00:28	info	buy track
7.	Little Darlin' (120 BPM) 03:24	info	buy track
8.	A Farmer and a Ballerina (185 BPM)) 03:04	info	buy track
9.	A Room in the Desert (Excerpt) 01:16	info	buy track
10.	Baby Likes it in the Dark (125 BPM) 04:23	info	buy track
11.	Lying on the Faultline 01:11	info	buy track
12.	Honey (125_137 BPM) 05:03	info	buy track
13.	The Sky's Not Falling 02:02	info	buy track

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The Optimistic was performed, recorded, and produced by Patenaude.

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released September 23, 2012

All songs written by Louka Patenaude except "A Farmer and a Ballerina" and "Honey" written by Louka Patenaude and Joy Dragland.

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