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Secondhand Daylight
Rock · 1979 · 9 tracks

Secondhand Daylight

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A glacial masterpiece of post-punk. Dense synthesizers and detached vocals create a world of intellectual dread and frozen, urban landscapes.

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It's like a cold, brilliant noir film for your ears.

A sophisticated, clinical exploration of alienation set against a backdrop of icy synthesizers.

Secondhand Daylight · vs · Magazine
Winter+4.0σ

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

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Feed the Enemy
5:47
02
Rhythm of Cruelty
3:06
03
Cut‐Out Shapes
4:45
04
Talk to the Body
3:37
05
I Wanted Your Heart
5:06
06
The Thin Air
4:09
07
Back to Nature
6:44
08
Believe That I Understand
4:04
09
Permafrost
5:32
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the synthesizers on Feed the Enemy create a suffocating wall of sound before the bass kicks in.
The jarring, aggressive transition into the chorus of Rhythm of Cruelty.
The final, chilling delivery of the closing lines on Permafrost over a desolate instrumental bed.
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