The Ruby Suns is the first full-length album

Album

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 released by the New Zealand

New Zealand

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 based band The Ruby Suns

The Ruby Suns

The Ruby Suns are an indie/pop group from New Zealand. They formed in 2004 when Californian Ryan McPhun moved to Auckland and started playing in several bands such as The Brunettes and The Tokey Tones.-Biography:...

. The band was originally called Ryan McPhun & The Ruby Suns and the album was released with this title in New Zealand on Lil' Chief Records

Lil' Chief Records

Lil' Chief Records is a boutique New Zealand based indie pop record label which was formed in 2002. It operates out of the Auckland suburb of Kingsland. The aesthetic of the label tends towards 60s influenced pop. All the releases have been characterised by lush production, vocal harmonies, strong...

. The album has subsequently been released in the UK on Memphis Industries

Memphis Industries

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 in 2006 and in Australia on Popfrenzy

Popfrenzy

Popfrenzy is an independent record label and touring/events agency created by Chris Wu based in Sydney, Australia.They begun in the late 1990's putting on various underground parties/nights. Between 2000 and 2006 they booked such renowned Sydney clubs/venues as the Spanish, Mandarin, Taxi and...

in 2007 with different art, and the title truncated to reflect the band's new name. The 2007 Australian release of the album contains two bonus tracks, both of which are from a self-pressed single by the band in 2007.

Track listing

1. "Trees Like Kids" – 1:12
2. "Sleep In The Garden" – 1:43
3. "Maasai Mara" – 3:07
4. "Look Out Sos!" – 4:05
5. "Function of The Sun" – 1:10
6. "It's Hard To Let You Know" – 3:54
7. "Criterion" – 4:45
8. "Birthday On Mars" – 4:52
9. "Trepidation Part One" – 1:21
10. "Trepidation Part Two" – 3:30
11. "My Ten Years On Auto-Pilot" – 4:35
12. "There's Soup At The End Of The Tunnel" – 2:56
13. "Sister Brother (Australian release bonus track)" – 2:13
14. "Michi Ni Mayoimashita (Australian release bonus track)" – 1:15

External links

• Lil' Chief Records: The Ruby Suns
• Lil' Chief Records
• The Ruby Suns on MySpace