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| | deseretnews.com Intensive songwriting went into Sparta's latest album |
 | | All in all, the band wound up with 16 songs, 14 of which wound up on "Porcelain." "When you lock us in a room together, a lot can happen, and we did what we did" said Hajjar, who, along with Hinojos, was in a band called At the Drive In. |
 | | In 2002, Sparta released the extended-play album "Austere." Later that year, the band released its debut album, "Wiretap Scars." "I remember we had written eight or nine songs in Paul's mom's basement. |
 | | Drummer Tony Hajjar said his band Sparta didn't have any songs ready when it went into the studio to record its most recent album, "Porcelain." And he admits that, at first, it was intimidating. |
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