The Moonlight Butterfly

The Moonlight Butterfly
Studio album by the Sea and Cake
Released	May 10, 2011 (2011-05-10)
Studio	Soma Electronic Music Studios
Genre	Indie rock, post-rock
Length	33:22
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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	7.0/10 [3]
PopMatters	[4]

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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 – vocals, guitar
• Archer Prewitt – guitar, keyboards, ukulele
• Eric Claridge – bass guitar
• John McEntire – drums, synthesizer

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [5]	32

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.

External links

• The Moonlight Butterfly at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Moonlight Butterfly at Thrill Jockey