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![“Mortal City was really influenced by geography. [The song] "The Ocean" is the Pacific Northwest. Southern California and New York also figure into songs, and Iowa. "February" is very much about New England. "Mortal City" is Philadelphia. The whole album is this anthropomorphized landscape where…” quote by Dar Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/dar-williams-3902_albums_mortal-city-was-really-influenced-by-geo_2547350.jpg)
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