First Temple (album) explained

First Temple
Type:	studio
Artist:	Closure in Moscow
Cover:	ClosureFirstTemple.jpg
Released:	5 May 2009
Recorded:	January–March 2009, at Interlace Audio, Portland, Oregon
Genre:	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock
Label:	Equal Vision Taperjean
Producer:	Kris Crummett
Prev Title:	The Penance and the Patience
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Pink Lemonade
Next Year:	2014

First Temple is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Closure in Moscow, released to stores and digitally in the US on 5 May 2009.^[1] It was released digitally in Australia on 9 May and in stores on 22 May 2009,^[2] and is their first album on Equal Vision Records, following the success of their debut EP, The Penance and the Patience, in 2008. The tracks "Sweet#hart", "Kissing Cousins" and "A Night at the Spleen" have since been uploaded to the band's MySpace page.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Kissing Cousins" – 4:01
2. "Reindeer Age" – 3:54
3. "Sweet#hart" – 4:05
4. "Vanguard" – 3:50
5. "A Night at the Spleen" – 3:57
6. "I'm a Ghost of Twilight" – 3:59
7. "Permafrost" – 3:38
8. "Deluge" – 3:51
9. "Afterbirth" – 3:36
10. "Arecibo Message" – 4:26
11. "Couldn't Let You Love Me" – 1:07
12. "Had to Put It in the Soil" – 4:27

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #
United States	5 May 2009	Equal Vision	CD, download	80168
Australia	9 May 2009	Taperjean Music	Download	TJM020
	22 May 2009		CD

Notes and References

1. Web site: Closure in Moscow - First Temple. AbsolutePunk.net. 2009-03-12.
2. Web site: Closure in Moscow - "First Temple". Equal Vision Records. 2009-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20090508135827/http://www.equalvision.com/news/show/426. 8 May 2009. dead.
3. Web site: First Temple - Closure in Moscow : Equal Vision Records. Equal Vision Records. 2009-03-12. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090403085113/http://www.equalvision.com/releases/show/162. 3 April 2009.