''A Collection of Vibrations for Your Skull'' is the first full-length album released by Danish
indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and sub ...
band
Treefight for Sunlight. It was originally released in
Denmark
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, on 4 October 2010, by independent label
Tambourhinoceros
Tambourhinoceros is a Danish independent record label and Music publisher.
Background
The label was created by two members of the band Oh No Ono in 2009 as a way for the founders to show the "burning love we have for music (our releases as well ...
. It was released in the
United Kingdom
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under the title ''Treefight for Sunlight'' on 14 February 2011 by
Bella Union
Bella Union is a British independent record label founded in 1997 by Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins. It is now run solely by Raymonde.
History
After releasing records with 4AD for a large part of their career, Cocteau Twin ...
. Finally, the album made its
American
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debut, under its original title, released on 8 November 2011 by
Friendly Fire Recordings
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.
Reception
Reviews in both
Britain
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* Great Britain, the largest island in the United King ...
and
America
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have been mixed. Indie blog Treble called the album "a powerful and thoughtful first release from a genuinely talented quartet of musicians". Another music blog, Drowned in Sound, went so far as to say "with their debut album being so patchy, they may not be given the chance
o succeed. Their song "Facing the Sun", and its accompanying music video, had almost universally positive reviews, as
the Guardian
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said "the sense of joy summoned forth by the singing and music
n Facing the Sunseemed almost preternaturally, lysergically determined".
Track listing
# "A Dream Before Sleep" - 1:58
# "You and the New World" - 2:55
# "The Universe Is a Woman" - 2:58
# "They Never Did Know" - 3:47
# "Facing the Sun" - 3:56
# "Rain Air" - 4:09
# "Tambourhinoceros Jam" - 1:48
# "Riddles In Rhymes" - 3:16
# "What Became of You and I?" - 3:51
# "Time Stretcher" - 5:28
References
External links
Bella Union - Treefight for SunlightNoripcord: Review: A Collection of Vibrations for Your SkullTreefight for Sunlight - Webpage
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Treefight for Sunlight albums
2010 debut albums