Super Refraction is the second full-length album by former Boston, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

 band Mistle Thrush

Mistle Thrush (Band)

Mistle Thrush was a female-fronted 1990s alternative rock band based in Boston, Massachusetts. They've been described by the Boston Herald as The Cure-meets-Fairport Convention. Steve Morse of The Boston Globe wrote that Valerie Forgione, the band's singer, has "some of the most versatile pipes...

. It was released in 1997 by Egg Records (catalog #7001).

Track listing

All songs written by Mistle Thrush

1. "Stupid Song" – 3:12
2. "Moth-Like" – 4:00
3. "It's All Like Today" – 5:00
4. "Yellow Day" – 4:25
5. "51 Pegasi: Rocketship V.2" – 2:39
6. "Do You Know This Bird?" – 3:06
7. "All Mirror Thing" – 3:39
8. "Train Song" – 4:53
9. "Escapades in Glass" – 4:23
10. "Sha Sha" – 5:55
11. "Making Salt With Sunshine" – 2:22

note: at the end of "Making Salt With Sunshine", there's 1:30 of silence followed by a 22:32 sound collage pieced together from samples of the singer's vocals, crafted by producer Kurt Ralske

Kurt Ralske

Kurt Ralske is an American visual artist and musician. He is the former singer and guitarist in alternative rock band Ultra Vivid Scene.-Biography:During the mid-eighties, Ralske was a guitarist in the bands Nothing But Happiness and Crash....

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The band

• Todd Demma — Drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Valerie Forgione — Vocals, analog keyboards
  Synthesizer
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  , Theremin
  Theremin
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  , acoustic guitar
  Steel-string acoustic guitar
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• Matthew Kattman — Electric
  Electric guitar
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   and acoustic guitar, back-up vocals
  Backing vocalist
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   ("Moth Like")
• Ruben Layman — Bass guitar, back-up vocals ("Moth Like")
• Scott Patalano — Electric guitar, vocals ("All Mirror Thing")

Production

• Kurt Ralske — Producer, engineer, mixing
• Mistle Thrush — Producer
• Vaughan Merrick — Engineer, mixing
• Chris Athens — Mastering

Additional credits

• Recorded at Zabriskie Point, New York City
  New York City
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• Mastered at Sony Music Studios, New York City
• Valerie Forgione — Artwork, design
• "Special thanks to Kurt for the secret track. Ssshhh…"
• C. Richard Kattman — Photography
• Matthew Kattman — Layout and design ("With a little help from Valerie")