Neon Fiction

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Neon Fiction
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2013
Genre Acoustic
Folk punk
Length34:04
Label Fat Wreck Chords
Sundowner chronology
We Chase the Waves
(2010)
Neon Fiction
(2013)

Neon Fiction is the third album by Chicago's Sundowner, the acoustic side-project from Chris McCaughan of The Lawrence Arms. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Cemetery West" – 3:47
  2. "My Beautiful Ruins" – 4:26
  3. "Concrete Shoes" – 3:25
  4. "We Drift Eternal" – 3:00
  5. "Grey On Grey" – 2:22
  6. "Life in the Embers" - 3:03
  7. "Origins" – 1:44
  8. "Paper Rose City" – 4:30
  9. "Poet of Trash" – 4:10
  10. "Wildfires" – 3:37

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References

  1. Heaney, Gregory. "Neon Fiction Review". Allmusic . Retrieved 6 November 2024.