We Brave Bee Stings and All

We Brave Bee Stings and All is the debut studio album by alternative folk band Thao & the Get Down Stay Down. It was released in January 2008. The album was #10 on emusic.com's list of the best albums of 2008, where it was described as "a friendly and catchy pop record" and "an astonishing mash of herky-jerked D.C. punk and Olympia-style folk" [6]

We Brave Bee Stings and All
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 29, 2008
GenreFolk
LabelKill Rock Stars
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down chronology
Like the Linen
(2005)
We Brave Bee Stings and All
(2008)
Know Better Learn Faster
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
AsiaXpress[2]
Pitchfork Media7.7/10[3]
PopMatters7/10[4]
Spin[5]

Track listing

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  1. "Beat (Health, Life and Fire)" – 2:31
  2. "Bag of Hammers" – 2:49
  3. "Big Kid Table" – 3:48
  4. "Swimming Pools" – 2:08
  5. "Geography" (feat. Laura Veirs) – 3:14
  6. "Feet Asleep" – 3:40
  7. "Yes, So On and So On" – 2:52
  8. "Fear and Convenience" – 4:03
  9. "Violet" – 2:44
  10. "Travel" – 1:46
  11. "We Go" – 2:34

References

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  1. ^ We Brave Bee Stings and All at AllMusic
  2. ^ Nguyen, Joe (February 11, 2009). "Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings and All - Top Five Asian-American Albums of 2009". Asiaxpress.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (February 4, 2008). "Thao with the Get Down Stay Down: We Brave Bee Stings and All Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  4. ^ Schonfeld, Zach (January 31, 2008). "Thao: We Brave Bee Stings and All". PopMatters. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Spin review
  6. ^ Beaumont, Ben. "Music News & Features | Listen & Download MP3s". eMusic. Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
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