The Nature of Sap
The Nature of Sap is Portastatic's third studio album. It was released on Merge Records on March 11, 1997.
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."- "You Know Where to Find Me"
- "A Lovely Nile"
- "Hurricane Warning "
- "Reverse Lester"
- "Flare"
- "Jonathan's Organ"
- "Before You Sailed Around the World"
- "Ben's Revenge"
- "Impolite Cheers"
- "Spying on the Spys"
- "BJJT"
- "Landed"
- "If You Could Sing"
- "The Nature of Sap"
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