The Nature of Sap

The Nature of Sap
Studio album by Portastatic
Released	March 11, 1997
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Merge Records
Producer	Mac McCaughan
Portastatic chronology
Slow Note from a Sinking Ship (1995) The Nature of Sap (1997) Summer of the Shark (2003)

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The Nature of Sap is Portastatic's third studio album. It was released on Merge Records on March 11, 1997.^[2]

The album was recorded at Duck Kee Studios in Mebane, North Carolina during the Summer of 1996, except tracks 4, 7-9, and 11 which were recorded on 4-track cassette on "Old NC 86."^[3]

Track listing

1. "You Know Where to Find Me"
2. "A Lovely Nile"
3. "Hurricane Warning (Ignored)"
4. "Flare"
5. "Jonathan's Organ"
6. "Before You Sailed Around the World"
7. "Ben's Revenge"
8. "Impolite Cheers"
9. "Spying on the Spys"
10. "BJJT"
11. "Landed"
12. "If You Could Sing"
13. "The Nature of Sap"
14. "[Silent Hidden Track]"
15. "[Untitled Hidden Track]"

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