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Feb 2020
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San Cisco - Awkward

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"Released in 2011, San Cisco's 'Awkward' reached #7 in the Hottest 100 and #1 in Australia's AIR charts. It left a last marking on the band's career, but what do microwave dinners, Tyler, the Creator and chaos pads have to do with it becoming a hit?". 
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