Staring to the Sun

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Staring to the Sun
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EP / single by
ReleasedJune 6, 2006
Recorded2005
StudioFigment Sounds, California
Genre Noise pop
Length9:53
Label Sympathy for the Record Industry
SFTRI 773 (CD)
Producer Rob Campanella
Scarling. chronology
So Long, Scarecrow
(2005)
Staring to the Sun
(2006)
"Who Wants to Die for Art?"
(2013)

Staring to the Sun is a single and an extended play (EP) by American noise pop band Scarling. It was released on June 6, 2006. "Staring to the Sun" seems to be a sister song to So Long, Scarecrow's title track as the two songs share multiple lines of lyrics.

Contents

Aside from the title track, the single came with two B-sides; "City Noise", taken from their previous album So Long, Scarecrow and a cover of Pixies' "Wave of Mutilation". [1]

Track listing

  1. "City Noise"
  2. "Staring to the Sun"
  3. "Wave of Mutilation"

Personnel

Review

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References

  1. Brown, Marissa. Allmusic Review Staring to the Sun, Scarling.