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Released
  
April 11, 2005

Artist
  
Raised by Swans

Genre
  
Rock

Length
  
1:04:57

Release date
  
11 April 2005

Label
  
1101

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Recorded
  
2002-2004House of MiraclesLondon, Ontario, Canada

Codes and Secret Longing(2005)
  
No Ghostless Place(2010)

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Codes and Secret Longing is the debut studio album by Canadian solo artist Raised by Swans. It was written in its entirety by Eric Howden, recorded at Andy Magoffin's studio, House of Miracles, and released on April 11, 2005. The album cover features the two protagonists of the Anime Grave of the Fireflies.

Contents

Raised by swans a cipher in a foreign sky


Track listing

All music and lyrics were written and performed by Howden, with (performance-only) contributions from Brady Parr and Chris Donais.

  1. "A Cipher In A Foreign Sky" - 1:56
  2. "Violet Light" - 5:03
  3. "There Is No Escape" - 6:35
  4. "Capable of Cruelty" - 4:04
  5. "Sandcastles" - 3:45
  6. "Still Inside You" - 4:49
  7. "Phantom Limb / Divided By Night" - 8:09
  8. "Relentless" - 4:03
  9. "Imagined Life" - 4:01
  10. "The Moment That I'll Miss" - 3:37
  11. "Scent" - 6:34
  12. "Drag The Morning" - 4:19
  13. "Unrequited / Stolen Lakes" - 8:07

Performance Credits

Eric Howden – electric and acoustic guitars, all tracks; lead and harmony vocals, all tracks; bass guitar, all tracks; piano, all tracks; synthesizer, all tracks; hammond organ, all tracks; dial tone, track 12; drum loop, track 9

Brady Parr – drums and percussion, all tracks

Chris Donais – additional guitar, tracks 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12

Film and television

Film

  • Douglas Coupland's film Everything's Gone Green (2007) featured Violet Light.
  • Atom Egoyan's Adoration (2008) featured Capable Of Cruelty, Still Inside You, and Phantom Limb/ Divided By Night.

    • Television

  • Canadian television series ReGenesis featured Violet Light and Relentless in Season 2: Episodes 3 and 4, respectively (2007).
  • CTV's Whister featured Violet Light in Episode 8 (2007).
  • MTV Canada's Peak Season featured Violet Light, Phantom Limb/ Divided By Night and Relentless in Episodes 1, 6 and 8, respectively (2009).
  • Canadian television series Continuum featured Imagined Life at the end of the episode in Season 4: Episodes 2 (2015).

    • Songs

    1A Cipher in a Foreign Sky1:56
    2Violet Light5:03
    3There Is No Escape6:35

    References

    Codes and Secret Longing Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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