Eight Bells (album)

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Eight Bells
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2009
RecordedAudible Alchemy
(Portland, OR)
Genre Space rock, psychedelic rock
Length37:14
Label Crucial Blast
Producer Steven Wray Lobdell, SubArachnoid Space
SubArachnoid Space chronology
The Red Veil
(2005)
Eight Bells
(2009)
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Eight Bells is the sixth and final studio album by SubArachnoid Space, released on September 22, 2009 by Crucial Blast.

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by SubArachnoid Space.

No.TitleLength
1."Lilith"5:17
2."Hunter Seeker"13:30
3."Akathesia"6:15
4."Haruspex"5:17
5."Bird Signs"6:55

Personnel

Adapted from the Eight Bells liner notes. [2]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 2009Crucial Blast CD CBR81
2010Strange Attractors Audio House LP SAAH057

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References

  1. Freeman, Phil. "SubArachnoid Space: Eight Bells > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  2. Eight Bells (booklet). SubArachnoid Space. Hagerstown, Maryland: Crucial Blast. 2009.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)