''Fireflies'' is the second
studio album
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by American
post-hardcore
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band
Frodus
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, released in 1995 through Level Records. The album was initially going to be a glow-in-the-dark
7" single
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until the band decided to instead release a full-length album because it was "just as cheap".
The album was initially released on
CD format, limited to 1100 copies.
The album was reissued
digitally in 2006, remastered and with new artwork and an alternative track-listing. The band's
bandcamp
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page also hosts another reissue of the record, also including unique cover-art and track-listing.
Track listing
Personnel
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Shelby Cinca
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History
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- Vocals, guitar
*Jason Hamacher - Drums, backing vocals
*Andy Duncan - Bass
*Jim Cooper - Bass
*Don Zientara - Engineering
*Mike Davis - Engineering
*Ken Olden - Engineering
References
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1995 albums
Frodus albums