Codes and Secret Longing explained

Codes and Secret Longing
Type:	studio
Artist:	Raised by Swans
Cover:	Codes and Secret Longing.png
Released:	April 11, 2005
Recorded:	2002–2004 House of Miracles London, Ontario, Canada
Length:	1:04:57
Label:	1101
Next Title:	No Ghostless Place
Next Year:	2010

Codes and Secret Longing is the debut studio album by Canadian solo artist Raised by Swans. It was written in its entirety by Eric Howden, recorded at Andy Magoffin's studio, House of Miracles, and released on April 11, 2005.^[1] The album cover features the two protagonists of the film Grave of the Fireflies.

Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Howden.

1. "A Cipher In A Foreign Sky" - 1:56
2. "Violet Light" - 5:03
3. "There Is No Escape" - 6:35
4. "Capable of Cruelty" - 4:04
5. "Sandcastles" - 3:45
6. "Still Inside You" - 4:49
7. "Phantom Limb / Divided By Night" - 8:09
8. "Relentless" - 4:03
9. "Imagined Life" - 4:01
10. "The Moment That I'll Miss" - 3:37
11. "Scent" - 6:34
12. "Drag The Morning" - 4:19
13. "Unrequited / Stolen Lakes" - 8:07

Performance Credits

Eric Howden – electric and acoustic guitars, all tracks; lead and harmony vocals, all tracks; bass guitar, all tracks; piano, all tracks; synthesizer, all tracks; hammond organ, all tracks; dial tone, track 12; drum loop, track 9

Brady Parr – drums and percussion, all tracks

Chris Donais – additional guitar, tracks 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12^[2]

Film and television

Film

• Douglas Coupland's film Everything's Gone Green (2007) featured Violet Light.^[3]
• Atom Egoyan's Adoration (2008) featured Capable Of Cruelty, Still Inside You, and Phantom Limb/ Divided By Night.^[4]

Television

• Canadian television series ReGenesis featured Violet Light and Relentless in Season 2: Episodes 3 and 4, respectively (2007).^{[5] [6]}
• CTV's Whister featured Violet Light in Episode 8 (2007).^[7]
• MTV Canada's Peak Season featured Violet Light, Phantom Limb/ Divided By Night and Relentless in Episodes 1, 6 and 8, respectively (2009).^[8]
• Canadian television series Continuum featured Imagined Life at the end of the episode in Season 4: Episodes 2 (2015).^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: On Disc - Raised by Swans . The Gazette . 2005-04-07 . 2012-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212181315/http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=Arts&articleID=616&month=4&day=7&year=2005 . 2012-02-12 . dead .
2. Web site: Albums · raised by swans. 2013-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20131004081904/http://raisedbyswans.com/new/?page_id=148. 2013-10-04. dead.
3. Web site: Everything's Gone Green (2006). www.imdb.com.
4. Web site: Toronto's Indie Music Resource . torontoindie.com . 2008-02-04 . 2012-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313144345/http://www.torontoindie.com/?p=224 . 2012-03-13 . dead .
5. Web site: TV.com . ReGenesis: The Cocktail - Season 2, Episode 3 . TV.com . 2006-03-21 . 2012-02-09.
6. Web site: TV.com . ReGenesis: Dim & Dimmer - Season 2, Episode 4 . TV.com . 2006-12-01 . 2012-02-09.
7. Web site: TV.com . Whistler Quotes, Facts & Trivia . TV.com . 2012-02-09.
8. Web site: Peak Season on MTV.ca - Full Episodes, Photos, Cast, Tips and Tricks . Mtv.ca . 2012-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111218011651/http://www.mtv.ca/tvshows/peak-season/music.jhtml . 2011-12-18 . dead .
9. Web site: Music from Continuum S4E02. Tunefind.