The Moonlight Butterfly

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The Moonlight Butterfly
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Studio album by The Sea and Cake
Released May 10, 2011 (2011-05-10)
Studio Soma Electronic Music Studios
Genre Indie rock, post-rock
Length33:22
Label Thrill Jockey
Producer The Sea and Cake
The Sea and Cake chronology
Car Alarm
(2008)		The Moonlight Butterfly
(2011)		 Runner
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The Moonlight Butterfly is a 2011 studio album by The Sea and Cake, released on Thrill Jockey.

The Sea and Cake American indie rock band

The Sea and Cake is an American indie rock band with a jazz influence, based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Thrill Jockey American independent record label based in Chicago

Thrill Jockey is an American independent record label established in 1992 in New York City by former Atlantic Records A&R representative Bettina Richards.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Covers"5:05
2."Lyric"5:33
3."The Moonlight Butterfly"4:05
4."Up on the North Shore"3:59
5."Inn Keeping"10:24
6."Monday"4:16

Personnel

Sam Prekop American musician

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Archer Prewitt musician

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John McEntire American musician

John McEntire is an American recording engineer, producer, drummer and multi-instrumentalist based in Chicago. He is a member of both Tortoise and the Sea and Cake.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [5] 32

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References

  1. ↑ "The Moonlight Butterfly by The Sea and Cake". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ Bush, John. "The Moonlight Butterfly - The Sea and Cake". AllMusic . Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ Harvell, Jess (March 12, 2011). "The Sea and Cake: The Moonlight Butterfly". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ Fiander, Matthew (May 10, 2011). "The Sea and Cake: The Moonlight Butterfly". PopMatters . Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  5. ↑ "The Sea and Cake - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard . Retrieved April 8, 2017.
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