The Loon
The Loon is the debut album of the Minneapolis-based band Tapes 'n Tapes. It was originally self-released by the band's own Ibid Records on October 28, 2005 on compact disc. On July 24, 2006, the album was released in the United Kingdom on XL Recordings, on both CD and vinyl.
The album was generally well received by music critics, and earned numerous comparisons to the Pixies and Pavement.Pitchfork Media gave the album a favorable review, and gave it a "Best New Music" commendation.
The songs "Insistor" and "Cowbell" were released as singles in 2006 on XL Recordings. "Insistor" is also featured in the soundtrack of the video game Major League Baseball 2K7. In late 2006, the band's song "Jakov's Suite" (the final song of the album) began appearing in a television commercial for Nissan. It also appears in the University of Oregon's basketball advertisements during the games.
Track listing
All songs written by Josh Grier.
Podcasts:
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by Aesma Daeva
The Loon
by: Aesma DaevaThe Loon
Upon the lake, upon the windless water,
swim down to me, beautiful bird.
Mercy, stay not forever out of reach.
I hear, I hear your evening song,
strange alien song.
Watered in blood in which I sink and drown,
in flesh and by flora shackle-bound,
feed the ache of this exile's alien song.
I hear, I hear your evening song.
Spirit bird unbind my withered limbs
and cut me from this torment. Unchain me.
Mercy, don't abandon me.
Arrayed in pearl, blushing illuminate deep wounds,
vast seas that rack and crush.
Moonlight upon my throat. Tempest black.
Mercy, stay not forever.
I suffer your endless song.
Here I choke.
Replume, refire, ravage my unholy ghost,
my heavenly mate, burning bright;
bloat and cry out, flame in the infinite,
for all the world is spirit furnace.
Old age, my god, love, and white this blizzard night;
all songs strangle under ice, flame out, and die,