Cloud Cult – Double Album Remastered [2009]

Artist: Cloud Cult
Album: They Live on the Sun (2003) and Aurora Borealis (2004)
Year: 2009
Genre: indie, experimental, indie rock, indie pop, alternative
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Buy: Cloud Cult Store

Please read this info (given by the what.cd uploader) before downloading

Wed digital download — this is exactly as I downloaded it from cloudcult.com — I also ordered the physical CD, so I’ll post the FLAC as soon as it arrives unless someone beats me to it (as well as the V2, V0 and 320).

I do not know why the track listing is a little different than the original releases or why the final two songs on both albums are 18 minutes long with 14 minutes of silence preceding.

Cloud Cult will release a double-disc of two of the band’s first records for the first time on a national level: “They Live on the Sun” (2003) and “Aurora Borealis” (2004) remixed, remastered and with bonus tracks.

Although the albums were originally released on the band’s homemade label, predominantly on a local level, and on a shoe-string credit cardbudget, the music brought the band national attention as the album topped major label bands on the college radio charts, including taking over Radiohead’s “Hail to the Thief” top charting slot in cities like Denver, Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Boston.

Lead singer/songwriter Craig Minowa created the albums during an 18 month long stint of seclusion at his Northern Minnesota organic farm after his two-year-old son passed away unexpectedly in 2002. The band has gone on to sell more than 30,000 copies of its follow-up releases, despite turning down major label offers.

The albums, previously distributed by hand by the band to a small handful of local Minnesota record stores, will now be available nationally as a special double-disc package. In typical Cloud Cult fashion, the albums are 100% postconsumer recycled material, printed with soy inks and tha band powered the mastering with wind energy (purchasing green energy credits). Cloud Cult has planted over a thousand trees to absorb pollutants from album releases and touring.

“A sweeping indie epic. Records this casually monumental are rare indeed!”
Pitchfork review of “They Live on the Sun”

“Deserves all the adjectives befitting a classic album. Genius. Sincerely groundbreaking indie rock.”
Pop Matters review of “Aurora Borealis”

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Tracklist:

They Live on the Sun

1. On the Sun
2. Moon’s Thoughts
3. Turtle Shell
4. It
5. Da Dum
6. Man on the Moon
7. I’m Not Gone
8. Time
9. Radio Fodder
10. It’s Gay
11. Best Friend
12. Shortenin’ Bread
13. Took You For Granted
14. Back Again P.ii
15. Your Love Will Live Forever
16. Sleeping Days P.ii

Aurora Borealis

1. Breakfast With My Shadow
2. Alone at a Party in a Ghost Town
3. All Together Alone
4. Chandeliers
5. And It’s Good
6. Grappling Hook
7. Northern Lights
8. The Sparks and Spaces Between Your Cells
9. Lights Inside My Head
10. Beautiful Boy