Songs from Deep in the Vault, Vol. 1

## *Songs from Deep in the Vault*

***Songs from Deep in the Vault*** (retroactively subtitled ***Volume 1**)* is the first *Songs from Deep in the Vault* album and the twenty-sixth Moes Haven album in general.

It features rare, unreleased recordings made by the band throughout their career from 1996, with the release of their early albums to 2010, with the release of *Stromboli's Alarm Clock*. Many demos for songs on that album are released on this album, including an early version of "Sometimes Stars Just Cross" and demos of "My Goldfish Dead" and "I Am Leaving Town in 90 Days". It also features alternate versions of "Dartmouth Girl", "Pretty Girls", and "Let's Not Let Us Fall Apart".

## Notes

**"Her Ailing Grandma"** is an early version of "Sometimes Stars Just Cross" from *Stromboli's Alarm Clock*. The only change is the last line "But she had to move halfway to Tennessee / To keep her ailing grandma company / And I never saw her again" followed by Tom giggling.

**"In the Daylight I Can See"** was originally released on 1997's *Moe's Haven* as "Burning Flame".

**"My Goldfish Dead** [Demo]**"** is a demo version of *Stromboli's Alarm Clock* track "My Goldfish Dead". It is significally more rough around the edges, featuring beeping synths and distorted guitars. It also features subtle lyric differences.

**"Buried Treasure"** was most likely originally recorded for *Svetlana Finds Solace in the Arms of English Men of Letters*as it mentions South Dakota, and a woman the narrator is infatuated with that speaks a different language. It also states that he was "a callow bloke", which is the name of the third track on *Svetlana*, "I Am a Callow Bloke".

**"I Am Leaving Town in 90 Days** [Demo]**"** is an acoustic demo of the *Stromboli's Alarm Clock* track of the same name. Only the last line ("So let's have a summer fling!") was changed because it did not fit the rest of the track's theme.

**"Cain Breaks"** is most likely a cut demo from *Stromboli's Alarm Clock* because it mentions finding the Lord, a 1957 ford, and a girl named Lucinda. Perhaps it was an early version of "Our Troubles May Be Over", as "Our Troubles May Be Over" features lines about the Lord, a 1957 Ford, but not Lucinda.

**"Propane Man"** opens with humorous dialogue from Matt and Tom and also features dual vocals from Matt and Emily, a girl that they went to Providence College with[1] and who may also be referenced in "Cancelled Plans". So, this was probably recorded from 1996 - 1999.

**"Don't Count Me Out Now, Baby"** is a cut outtake from *Stromboli's Alarm Clock.* Matt described it as the "Up to Me" of that album. "Up to Me" is a famous outtake from Bob Dylan's 1975 album *Blood on the Tracks*.

**"New York is Not My Home"** is the sequel to the *Moe's Haven*track "I Live in NY". It is the most popular track from the album, as people streamed it in dislike of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City governor Andrew Cuomo.

**"Why Don't We?"** is an outtake from *Stromboli's Alarm Clock*.

**"Dartmouth Girl** [Original Vocals]**"** is the original version of "Dartmouth Girl" from *December*, with distinctly different vocals.

**"Pretty Girls** [Ballad Style]**"** is a ballad / crooner version of "Pretty Girls" from *December.*

**"Evil Land"** was originally released on 2001's *Apocalypse: Bring It On!*.

**"Let's Not Let Us Fall Apart** [Farley Vocals]**"** is the version of "Let's Not Let Us Fall Apart" but with Matt singing instead of Tom.

**"I Get Mad When Creeps Look at My Woman"** is the sequel to *November the Tar!*track "I Get Sad When I Look at Pretty Women". It was written by Tom as an answer to that song.

## Track listing

*Out With the Old* (2004) • *Dislocated Songs* (2004) • *Svetlana* (2005) • *Someone Else.* (2005) • *Explorations in Madness* (2005) • *Moe's Haven* (2005) • *Sir Paul Made Ram. We Made This.* (2005) • *Down With Memories* (2005) • *January* (2006) • *February: From the Bayou to the Barnyard and Back* (2006) • *March: of the Aliens* (2006) • *April: What A Cruel Month* (2006) • *May: I Buy You A Sandwich?* (2006) • *June* (2006) • *July: In The Sun With Me?* (2006) • *August: of Temporal Inconsistency* (2006) • *September: In Manchvegas* (2006) • *(SH)OC(K)TOBER* (2006) • *November the Tar!* (2006) • *December* (2007) • *If Not Us, Who?* (2007) • *This is My Millennium* (2008) • *Stromboli’s Alarm Clock* (2010) • *Metal Detector Maniac* (2022) • *(Several Supreme Beings Told Us To Make This) One Last Album* (2023)
**Compilations**: *Victory is Ours! (For Now)* (2007) • *It Takes a Lot of Guts!* (2009)
**Songs from Deep in the Vault (1996 - 2010)**: ***Vol. 1*** (2013) • *Vol. 2* (2017) • *Vol. 3* (2017) • *Unheralded Origins of Genius* (2021)