Songs from Deep in the Vault, Vol. 2

***Songs from Deep in the Vault, Volume 2*** is the twenty-seventh album by Moes Haven and the second *Songs from Deep in the Vault* album. It was released on the same day as *Songs from Deep in the Vault, Volume 3**.*

Unlike its predecessor, it features some of the longest songs Moes Haven ever produced with some very short songs, but it also features an 11 minute song and multiple 5 to 7 minute songs. Most of the songs on this record are 3 minutes long, a first for Moes Haven.

While as the first *Songs from Deep in the Vault* focuses on the demos and outtakes for songs for *Stromboli's Alarm Clock, Songs from Deep in the Vault, Volume 2* and *3* focuses primarily on earlier, lost songs from the group's history, mostly recordings made in the early 2000s and late 1990s. The cover is a match with *Volume 3*, as it is a screengrab from the 2013 film *Local Legends*.

## Notes

**"The Clarity of Passion** [Demo]**"** is a sloppy demo of the *Stromboli’s Alarm Clock*track "The Clarity of Passion". It features an extended instrumental part, and is only electric guitar and vocals (Piano comes in at the end). Tom messes up a few times, and Matt only stays within one octave, very different musically from the full track.

**"(I Don't Wanna Die On) Garbage Day"** is a reference to the 1987 film *Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2*, in which the killer, Ricky, goes on a shooting spree in a suburban neighborhood. Before killing one man taking out his garbage, he awkwardly shouting "Garbage day!". It became an Internet meme, and Matt says one of his greatest film influences is *Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2.*

**"Bugs"** and **"Socks"** are originally from the 2001 album *This is My Planet*.

**"Roadside America"**, **"Sova, Don't You Come Home Soon"**, and **"Beulah, My Walkie-Talkie is Useless Without You"** are originally from the 2002 version of *Down With Memories**.*

**"Our Troubles May Be Over** [Demo 1]**"** is the first demo version of the *Stromboli's Alarm Clock* track of the same name. The second demo is released on *Volume 3* but without the [Demo 2] tag.

**"With You in Mind"** is the longest released Moes Haven track and the longest released Motern Media track of all time, at a gigantic (for Motern Media) **10:54.**

**"Numericalphobia"** and **"Microphobia"** are originally from the 2002 album *Phobias and Problems*, where the popular song "Papaphobia" also comes from.

**"Postcards and Memories** [Demo]**"** is a demo of the *Stromboli's Alarm Clock* track of the same name.

**"Let's Go Down to the Deli"** was also released on *Songs from Deep in the Vault, Vol. 1**,* so its inclusion here is most likely a mistake. (However, to note, on *Volume 1*, it is misspelled "Let's Go Down to the **Deil**", so perhaps it was to rectify that mistake.)

## 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)