''The Death of Nightlife'' is the second album by British
indie/
art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements. Art rock aspires to elevate rock from entertainment to an art ...
band
Help She Can't Swim
Help She Can't Swim was an English indie/ art rock band, formed in Southampton in 2003. The band released a number of singles on Fantastic Plastic Records
Fantastic Plastic Records is an independent record label based in London and Brighton. ...
, released in May 2007 on
Fantastic Plastic Records
Fantastic Plastic Records is an independent record label based in London and Brighton.
Fantastic Plastic was formed by lifelong music fan Darrin Robson in a Co. Down attic. Originally specialising in mail-order only rare and collectible records ...
. The album is available on 12" vinyl,
CD and download formats. The vinyl album includes an extra track, "Why Don't We Just Hurt Ourselves", which is placed between "All the Stars" and "Just Be Social". The CD version came with a bonus disc containing the four track ''Committing Social Suicide'' EP, previously unavailable on CD.
Track listing
#"Pass the Hat Around" – 3:36
#"Idle Chatter" – 2:47
#"Kite Eating Tree" – 1:54
#"Hospital Drama" – 3:09
#"Apes and Pigs at the Vulture Coliseum" – 3:14
#"I Think the Record's Stopped" – 2:53
#"Midnight Garden" – 2:26
#"Box of Delights" – 2:42
#"All the Stars" – 3:08
#"Why Don't We Just Hurt Ourselves" (vinyl only)
#"Just Be Social" – 2:49
#"Dragged Under A Wave" – 2:16
#"Never the Right Time for Us" – 4:26
Personnel
*Tom Denney – vocals, guitar, keyboard
*Leesey Frances – keyboard, vocals
*Tom Baker – bass guitar, keyboard
*Lewis Baker – drums
References
2007 albums
Help She Can't Swim albums
Fantastic Plastic Records albums
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