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A Flock of Seagulls

A shimmering neon landscape of layered synths and echo-drenched guitars. This is the sound of 1980s futurism, blending romantic longing with cold-war anxiety.

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It's like driving a DeLorean through a rain-slicked city in 1983.

A shimmering, melancholic futurism that feels like a lonely transmission from the stars.

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Nostalgia+2.1σ

The writing leans far further into nostalgia than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
5:30
02
Nightmares
4:36
03
Transfer Affection
5:20
04
What Am I Supposed to Do
4:10
05
The Fall
4:26
06
Rosenmontag
4:01
07
Electrics
3:33
08
The Traveller
3:26
09
2:30
0:59
10
Over the Border
5:02
11
(It’s Not Me) Talking
5:00
12
Quicksand
4:41
13
The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin
6:04
Moments Worth Waiting For
The hypnotic, multilayered synth pulse that opens Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You).
The jagged, anxious guitar riff in Electrics that mimics a nervous system firing.
The expansive, cinematic instrumental sprawl of The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin.
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