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BRIGHT EYES - NOISE FLOOR: RARITIES 1998-2005 (180g 2LP)

BRIGHT EYES/NOISE FLOOR: RARITIES 1998-2005 (180g 2LP)

Includes 5 Vinyl Only Bonus Tracks....

Noise Floor collects selected Bright Eyes singles, one-offs, unreleased tracks, collaborations and covers recorded between 1998 and 2005. Variously recorded to cassette four-track, minidisc, reel-to-reel tape machine, ADAT and computer, these songs trace Bright Eyes' evolution from basement project to band of international repute. Many of these gems previously lost to out-of-print obscurity are hereby resurrected. 

Um, what is this 'noise floor' business?

'The noise floor is usually considered the highest level of unwanted signal in a given sound,' says Doug Van Sloun, mastering engineer for all the Bright Eyes studio full-lengths since 2000's Fevers and Mirrors. 'It's all of the tape hiss, electronic hum and buzz added together, that makes up the noise floor. Unless of course those signals are desirable, then they're really not noise anymore. From the noise floor down, the noise will be at least as audible as the desired signal.... Certainly some of the recordings on the record have bad signal-to-noise ratios, where the noise can be heard relatively easily during the song, but that doesn't take away from the song. That just reflects the level and quality of the production techniques and tools.' 

TRACK LISTING:
1. Mirrors and Fevers
Originally appeared on the Don't Be Frightened of Turning the
Page EP. Co-released in Europe by 62 TV Records and
Disques Mange-Tout. Also released in Japan by Bad News
Records. (2000)

2. I Will Be Grateful for This Day
Originally appeared on a seven-inch for the Sub Pop Singles
Club. (2001)

3. Trees Get Wheeled Away
Originally appeared on Lost & Found, Volume 1, a Lost
Highway compilation. (2003)

4. Drunk Kid Catholic
Originally appeared on Drunk Kid Catholic: 3 New Hit Songs
from Bright Eyes. Released in Europe by Wichita Recordings.
(2001)

5. Spent on Rainy Days
Originally appeared on Home, Vol. IV (Bright Eyes & Britt
Daniel). Released by Post-Parlo Records. (2002)

6. The Vanishing Act
Originally appeared on the split seven-inch Too Much of a
Good Thing Is a Good Thing with short-lived Omaha band
Books. Released by Vanishing Act Records. (1998)

7. Soon You Will Be Leaving Your Man
Originally appeared on the Motion Sickness seven-inch.
Released by Blood of the Young. (2000)

8. Blue Angels Air Show
Originally appeared on a split seven-inch that came with Devil
in the Woodsmagazine's Saddle Creek cover issue. (2002)

9.Weather Reports
Recorded for a split seven-inch with M. Ward that was never
released.

10. Seashell Tale (written by M.Ward)
Recorded for a split seven-inch with M. Ward that was never
released.

11. Bad Blood
Originally appeared on a seven-inch collaboration with San
Diego’s The Album Leaf. Released by Better Looking
Records. (2002)

12. Amy in the White Coat
Originally appeared on the vinyl version of There is No
Beginning to the StoryEP. Released by Saddle Creek. (2002)
Also appeared on the Lover I Don’t Have to Love: 3 More Hit
Songs from Bright Eyessingle. Released in Europe by Wichita
Recordings. (2002)

13. Devil Town (written by Daniel Johnston)
Originally appeared on The Late Great Daniel Johnston:
Discovered Covered compilation. Released by Gammon
Records. (2004)

14. I've Been Eating (for You)
Originally appeared on Drunk Kid Catholic: 3 New Hit Songs
from Bright Eyes.Released in Europe by Wichita Recordings.
(2001)

15. Happy Birthday to Me (Feb. 15)
Originally appeared on Drunk Kid Catholic: 3 New Hit Songs
from Bright Eyes.Released in Europe by Wichita Recordings.
(2001)

16. Motion Sickness
Originally appeared on the Motion Sickness seven-inch.
Released by Blood of the Young. (2000)

Vinyl-Only Bonus Tracks (Tracks 17-21)

17. Act of Contrition
Originally appeared on Second Thoughts, a Silent Film
Soundtracks compilation. (1999)

18. Hungry for a Holiday
Originally appeared on a seven-inch collaboration with San
Diego’s The Album Leaf. Released by Better Looking
Records. (2002)

19. When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is
Under Glass Again
Originally appeared on a seven-inch for the Sub Pop Singles
Club. This is an alternate, full-band version of a song from
Fevers and Mirrors.(2001)

20. Entry Way Song
Originally appeared on The Amos House Collection, Vol. II
charity compilation. Released by Wishing Tree Records. (2002)

21. It's Cool,We Can Still Be Friends
Originally appeared on the T ransmission One: Tea at the Palaz
of Hooncompilation put together by the people who ran TAZ, a
venue in New London, CT. Released by Cosmodemonic
Telegraph/Hozomeen Press. (2000)

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