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Artisans & Merchants
Love Is Brutal

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Love Is Brutal

Release date: 17th March 2023

From Artisans & MerchantsTrack 97:15

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"Love Is Brutal" is a track by The Van Pelt, from the album Artisans & Merchants, released 17th March 2023. The track is 7:15 long. It's filed under Indie Rock. Dork has published 1 article about The Van Pelt.

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From Artisans & Merchants

7:152023

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Album

Artisans & Merchants

17th March 2023

Track number

9

Release year

2023

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2Image of Health
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3Artisans & Merchants
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4Punk House
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The Van Pelt — Artisans & Merchants (from Artisans & Merchants) [3:39]
The Van Pelt — Image of Health (from Artisans & Merchants) [4:53]
The Van Pelt — We Gotta Leave (from Artisans & Merchants) [4:24]
The Van Pelt — Old Souls (from Artisans & Merchants) [3:29]
The Van Pelt — Grid (from Artisans & Merchants) [3:15]
The Van Pelt — Same Song (from Artisans & Merchants) [5:00]
The Van Pelt — Punk House (from Artisans & Merchants) [3:55]
The Van Pelt — Cold Coconuts (from Artisans & Merchants) [4:07]
The Van Pelt — Democratic Teacher's Union (from Imaginary Third) [0:57]
The Van Pelt — Three People Wide at All Times (from Imaginary Third) [5:10]
The Van Pelt — Evil High (from Imaginary Third) [2:29]
The Van Pelt — The Speeding Train (from Imaginary Third) [4:02]
The Van Pelt — The Betrayal (from Imaginary Third) [2:09]
The Van Pelt — Infinite Me (from Imaginary Third) [2:29]
The Van Pelt — A B C D's of Fascism (from Imaginary Third) [3:04]
The Van Pelt — The Threat (from Imaginary Third) [2:51]
The Van Pelt — Same as Stone / The Swede's Down at the Beach
The Van Pelt — Nanzen Kills a Cat (from Sultans of Sentiment) [4:15]
The Van Pelt — The Young Alchemists (from Sultans of Sentiment) [4:04]
The Van Pelt — The Good, The Bad, And the Blind (from Sultans of Sentiment) [4:30]
The Van Pelt — My Bouts with Pouncing (from Sultans of Sentiment) [3:00]
The Van Pelt — Don't Make Me Walk My Own Log (from Sultans of Sentiment) [3:57]
The Van Pelt — Let's Make a List (from Sultans of Sentiment) [3:34]
The Van Pelt — Yamato (Where People Really Die) (from Sultans of Sentiment) [2:59]
The Van Pelt — Pockets of Pricks (from Sultans of Sentiment) [2:44]
The Van Pelt — Live! at WMUC FM on Third Rail Radio
The Van Pelt — Do the Lovers Still Meet at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial? (from Sultans of Sentiment) [5:01]
The Van Pelt — We Are the Heathens (from Sultans of Sentiment) [3:20]
The Van Pelt — It's New to Me (from Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves) [3:00]
The Van Pelt — Turning Twenty into Two (from Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves) [4:17]
The Van Pelt — Simone Never Had It This Good (from Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves) [2:31]
The Van Pelt — It's a Suffering (from Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves) [3:19]
The Van Pelt — Shame on You (from Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves) [3:17]
The Van Pelt — Magic Fantasy (We Are Provincial) (from Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves) [3:57]
The Van Pelt — You Are the Glue (from Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves) [5:10]
The Van Pelt — His Saxophone Is My Guitar (from Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves) [3:53]
The Van Pelt — His Steppe Is My Prarie (from Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves) [3:38]

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Pockets of PricksSultans of Sentiment
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The Good, The Bad, And the BlindSultans of Sentiment
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The Young AlchemistsSultans of Sentiment
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