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* TitleTrack: ''Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone'', ''Bows + Arrows'', ''Heaven'' and ''Lisbon'' each have one.

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* TitleTrack: ''Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone'', ''Bows + Arrows'', ''Heaven'' and ''Lisbon'' each have one.one.
* UnrequitedLove: "I Lost You".

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* BreakupSong: "The Rat", of the "Claims it's over but is in denial" variety.

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* BreakupSong: "The Rat", of the "Claims "claims it's over but is in denial" variety.


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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The music video for "The Rat".


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* LocationSong: "Louisiana", "Lisbon",


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* PerformanceVideo: "The Rat".
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* OneWomanSong: "Angela Surf City", commonly shortened to just "Angela".

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* FriendshipSong: "Heaven".



* [[SharpDressedMan Sharp Dressed Men]]: Much like their contemporaries {{Music/Interpol}}, The Walkmen dressed to impress when performing, eschewing T-shirts and opting for polo shirts or suits instead.

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* OneWordTitle: "Heaven", "Heartbreaker", "Dreamboat", "Nightingales", "Lousiana", "Lisbon", "Flamingos", "Juveniles" and the albums ''Heaven'' and ''Lisbon''.
* [[SharpDressedMan Sharp Dressed Men]]: Much like their contemporaries NYC peers {{Music/Interpol}}, The Walkmen dressed to impress when performing, eschewing T-shirts and opting for polo shirts or suits instead.instead.
* TitleTrack: ''Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone'', ''Bows + Arrows'', ''Heaven'' and ''Lisbon'' each have one.
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* BreakupSong: "The Rat", of the "Claims it's over but is in denial" variety.
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* AnimalMotifs: "The Rat".
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* AnimalMotifs: "The Rat".

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The Walkmen were an American indie rock/post-punk revival band, commonly associated with the NYC rock scene of the '00s and based in New York City and Philadelphia. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon (guitar, piano), Walter Martin (organ/bass), and Matt Barrick (drums) — and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer (bass/organ) and Hamilton Leithauser (vocals, guitar). They went on an indefinite hiatus in 2014, after releasing seven studio albums.

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The Walkmen were an American indie rock/post-punk revival band, commonly associated with the NYC rock scene of the '00s and based in New York City City, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. Philadelphia.

The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon (guitar, piano), Walter Martin (organ/bass), and Matt Barrick (drums) — and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer (bass/organ) and Hamilton Leithauser (vocals, guitar). They went on an indefinite hiatus in 2014, after releasing seven studio albums.
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[[caption-width-right:350:L to R: Maroon, Bauer, Leithauser, Barrick, Martin]]
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* CoverAlbum: ''"Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen'', which is a song-by-song cover of Music/HarryNilsson's ''Pussy Cats''.

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* CoverAlbum: ''"Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen'', which is a song-by-song cover of Music/HarryNilsson's ''Pussy Cats''.Cats''.
* HarshVocals: Leithauser is known for his distinctive gritty vocals.
* LargeHam: Leithauser's recognizable delivery has been described as "apoplectic" and involves quite a bit of howling.
* LongRunnerLineUp: Type I, with the lineup staying the same throughout the 14 years the band were together.
* NonAppearingTitle: Many songs, including their most famous tracks like "The Rat" and "On the Water".
* [[SharpDressedMan Sharp Dressed Men]]: Much like their contemporaries {{Music/Interpol}}, The Walkmen dressed to impress when performing, eschewing T-shirts and opting for polo shirts or suits instead.
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The Walkmen were an American indie rock/post-punk revival band, commonly associated with the NYC rock scene of the '00s and based in New York City and Philadelphia. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon (guitar, piano), Walter Martin (organ/bass), and Matt Barrick (drums) — and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer (bass/organ) and Hamilton Leithauser (vocals, guitar). They went on an indefinite hiatus in 2014, after releasing seven studio albums.

* AnimatedMusicVideo: "On the Water", telling the story of two rabbits running into some trouble on a farm.
* BandOfBrothers: Martin and Leithauser are first cousins.
* CoverAlbum: ''"Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen'', which is a song-by-song cover of Music/HarryNilsson's ''Pussy Cats''.

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