Night on the Sun

Rock · 1999 · 5 tracks

Night on the Sun

A patient, sprawling expansion of the band's sound. Nine-minute hypnotic jams and existential lyrics recorded during the bridge between their lo-fi roots and major label polish.

It's the sound of the band finally slowing down to look at the stars, and it's beautiful and terrifying.

A quiet, expansive meditation on insignificance and the beauty of a cold universe.

Night on the Sun · vs · Modest Mouse

Midnight+3.8σ

Midnight saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks

01

Night on the Sun

9:22

02

You’re the Good Things (It’s Alright to Die)

4:23

04

Dark Center of the Universe

4:19

05

Your Life

3:26

06

[untitled]

0:18

Moments Worth Waiting For

the nine-minute title track slowly unfolding from a simple bassline into a sprawling, hypnotic meditation on hopelessness

the transition in Dark Center of the Universe where the jagged guitar riff suddenly dissolves into a hollow, echoing space

the brief, surreal Japanese spoken word outro that leaves a lingering sense of geographic displacement

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