On a Sad Sunny Day

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On a Sad Sunny Day
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 12, 2009
Genre Post-rock, shoegazing
Label Prophecy Productions
Arctic Plateau chronology
On a Sad Sunny Day
(2009)
Les Discrets / Arctic Plateau
(2011)

On a Sad Sunny Day is the debut album by Arctic Plateau released in 2009 by Prophecy Productions. The artwork was done by Fursy Teyssier from Les Discrets. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Alive"3:12
2."On a Sad Sunny Day"7:55
3."Lepanto"7:54
4."Ivory"5:53
5."In Epica Memories"4:03
6."Amethyst to F#"4:36
7."Iceberg Shoegaze"4:47
8."Coldream"7:07
9."Eight Years Old"3:09
10."Aurora in Rome"4:05
11."In Time"5:27

Personnel

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