(UK / FIRE / FIRELP587 / 2021 / MEDIA:EX / JACKET:EX)
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FRANZ FERDINANDのツアーに連れられ来日公演のオープニング・アクトを務め、GLASTONBURY, EUROSONIC AND LE GUESS WHOなどのフェスティヴァルにも出演していた、オランダはロッテルダムのポストパンク/ノイズニクス=RATS ON RAFTSの2021年作3RD。VAN DYKE PARKS『SONG CYCLE』、SCOTT WALKER『3』『4』、MOONDOG『ELPMAS』、WHITE NOISE『AN ELECTRIC STORM』、BEACH BOYS『SMILE』にインスパイアを得て制作に臨んだという、サイケデリック且つポップなムードと躍動感が詰まったアルバムです。ギミック・ジャケット/インサート+帯付。
TRACKLIST
A1 PROLOGUE: RAIN
A1 PROLOGUE: RAIN
A2 A TRAIL OF WIND AND FIRE
A3 SECOND BORN CHILD
A4 T.M.E.
A5 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PLAGUE
A6 ANOTHER YEAR
B1 FRAGMENTS
B2 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DR. DUPLICATE
B3 EXCERPT TAKEN FROM CHAPTER 3
B4 WHERE IS MY DREAM?
B5 PART ONE: THE LONG DROUGHT
B6 PART TWO: CROSSING THE DESERT
B7 EPILOGUE: BIG POISONOUS SHADOWS
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LACQUER CUT AT – SST GMBH
PRESSED BY – OPTIMAL MEDIA GMBH – BK02070
RECORDED AT – KURIOUS RECORDING STUDIO
MIXED AT – KURIOUS RECORDING STUDIO
MASTERED AT – STUDIO CHARLATAN
PUBLISHED BY – FIRE SONGS
PHONOGRAPHIC COPYRIGHT ℗ – FIRE RECORDS
COPYRIGHT © – FIRE RECORDS
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PRESSED BY – OPTIMAL MEDIA GMBH – BK19553
ARTWORK – ARNOUD VERHEUL, DAVID FAGAN
BASS GUITAR, PIANO, SYNTHESIZER, VOCALS – NATASHA VAN WAARDENBURG
CO-PRODUCER – ARNOUD VERHEUL, DAVID FAGAN
DRUMS, PERCUSSION – MATHIJS BURGLER
EDITOR [TAPE EDITING] – NIEK VAN DEN DRIESSCHEN*
GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER, VOCALS – ARNOUD VERHEUL
LACQUER CUT BY – KR
LYRICS BY – DAVID FAGAN
MASTERED BY – EMIL VAN STEENWIJK, RATS ON RAFTS
MIXED BY – ARNOUD VERHEUL, DAVID FAGAN, NATASHA VAN WAARDENBURG
MUSIC BY – RATS ON RAFTS
PHOTOGRAPHY [7” SINGLE] – JASMIJN SLEGH
RECORDED BY – NIEK VAN DEN DRIESSCHEN (TRACKS: A4, A5, B1, B4 TO B6), RATS ON RAFTS (TRACKS: A1 TO A3, A6, B2, B3, B7), RATS ON RAFTS (TRACKS: A4, A5, B1, B4 TO B6)
VOCALS, GUITAR – DAVID FAGAN






