Cancer is an album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by My Disco

My Disco

My Disco is an Australian rock band.-Background:Formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2003, their first public appearance was performed at The Good Morning Captain, a cafe in Collingwood, a suburb of Melbourne...

, released on November 7, 2006. The album marked a change in direction for the band, further into math rock

Math rock

Math rock is a rhythmically complex guitar-based style of experimental rock that emerged in the 1980s and that was very influenced by progressive rock like King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Henry Cow - and 20th century composers such as Steve Reich and John Cage...

, shifting towards minimalism, a theme further explored and refined in the following album Paradise

Paradise (My Disco album)

Paradise is an album by My Disco, released on 23 February 2008. The cover photo was one of a series taken by Warwick Baker amongst opal mines in South Australia. The album marked a further shift towards minimalism, a continuing theme from the previous album Cancer...

. The album was recorded in mid 2006.

The album was released through Numerical Thief. It was also released on vinyl

Gramophone record

A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

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Many of the song titles and lyrics relate to a general cancer

Cancer

Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

diagnosis and treatment theme.

Track listing

All songs written by My Disco.

1. "Perfect Protection"
2. "A Marker"
3. "Calling Cure"
4. "Always Measure Wait"
5. "Pale"
6. "Patterns Surgical
7. "St."
8. "Administer A Prosthetic Dream"