Under Thunder and Fluorescent Lights

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Under Thunder and Fluorescent Lights
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2000
RecordedJune–July 1999
StudioElectrical Audio, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Experimental rock, math rock
Length43:26
Label Touch and Go
Storm & Stress chronology
Storm & Stress
(1997)
Under Thunder and Fluorescent Lights
(2000)
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Pitchfork 7.8/10 [4]

Under Thunder and Fluorescent Lights is the second and final album by Storm & Stress, released on January 18, 2000 through Touch and Go Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Storm & Stress

Under Thunder and Fluorescent Lights track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Sky's the Ground, the Bombs Are Plants, and We're the Sun, Love"4:45
2."An Address That Was to Skip Ahead of the Gallop of Its Own Sperm and Eggs and Wait for Itself in the Future: Letter to 2096"4:50
3."Meet Me in the Space They Stare at Leaving Their Seat During a Show"6:11
4."It Takes a Million Years to Become Diamonds So Let's Just Burn Like Coal Until the Sky's Black"5:05
5."The 1st. Our Lady of Burning Thorns"6:14
6."O, When My Lady Comes"1:49
7."The 2nd. Perpetuate the Beautiful"4:08
8."And Third and Youngest, Unnamed"5:13
9."Forever, Like Anti-Oxidants (Listen to the Sound Our Cells Make)"5:11
Total length:43:26

Personnel

Storm & Stress

Production and additional personnel

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  2. columnist (April 2000). Alternative Press . p. 102.{{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. columnist (February 14, 2000). NME . p. 43.{{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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