Neon Nights Electric Lives

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Neon Lights Electric Lives
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 2005
Genre Post-punk, indie rock
Length42:16
Label Tarantulas Records/The Platform Group (US)
Producer Matt Squire
The Static Age chronology
The Cost of Living
(2002)
Neon Lights Electric Lives
(2005)
Blank Screens
(2006)

Neon Nights Electric Lives is the first proper full-length release from Vermont's The Static Age. Though The Cost of Living recordings predated it, those are considered the band's demos [1] . A limited version of Neon Nights Electric Lives was released on October 19th, 2004 [2] and sold only on tours, but a full release came on March 23, 2005 via Tarantulas Records [1] . The extended album also includes remixes from Jade Puget of AFI and Dave Walsh of The Explosion/The Loved Ones, and a vinyl reissue of the album was released in March 2014 on Highwires [3] .

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Vertigo"6:08
2."Amphibian"4:00
3."Armory"4:35
4."Ghosts"4:33
5."Saltsick"4:35
6."It Never Seems to Last"4:14
7."Canopy"6:25
8."Airplanes ("Vertigo" remix by Jade Puget of AFI)"3:29
9."Pakistan ("Amphibian" remix by Daz Walsh of The XPLSN)"4:18
Total length:42:16

Personnel



  1. 1 2 "The Static Age Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  2. Neon Nights Electric Lives - The Static Age | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic , retrieved 2021-12-26
  3. Kamiński, Karol (2014-01-24). "THE STATIC AGE: "Don't bother being cool" » IDIOTEQ.com". IDIOTEQ.com. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

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