Recorded in just six days at Brighton Electric in September 2010, As The Spirit Wanes will be released in the UK on January 31st, 2011. Whilst from the outside last year has looked rosy for Codes In The Clouds with a remix album release, successful tours and festival slots, it’s also been a difficult year behind the scenes. Yet personal loss has proven a collective driving force, bringing the band closer as a group and shaping their surprisingly optimistic second offering:

“It’s not that the album has a set concept or theme, it’s just that each member of the band went through similar experiences around the same sort of time. So naturally, this is reflected in the album. We all feel really close to it, and it’s definitely the music we want to make. It’s a very personal record to us and we feel it’s a big step forward from the first release. The songs are definitely a better reflection of us as a collective of people. Hopefully others will identify with the ideas within the record and can relate it to their own experiences.” 

Co-produced by Erased Tapes initiator Robert Raths and label mate Ryan West, then mastered by Nils Frahm at his studio in Berlin, As The Spirit Wanes could almost be described as a family affair. Even the artwork has been inspired by the band’s time in Iceland, performing as part of the Erased Tapes label night at Iceland Airwaves 2010. Most importantly, it’s all about songs with As The Spirit Wanes offering its listener stunning melodies and razor-sharp hooks. From the Beach Boys pop appeal of Look Back, Look Up to the euphoric Washington, down to the emotionally charged two-minute hymn If I’d Have Known This Was The Last, Codes In The Clouds embody their genre in its most rewarding form. 


‘Delicate guitar-focussed passages that bloom and explode with a primitive, dramatic beauty...with "Look Back, Look Up" as close as the genre gets to pop’ *** – UNCUT

As The Spirit Wanes

Codes In The Clouds - Washington

Aether

Time Dilation

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iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/space-engine-ep/id988504053
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SpaceEngine - a free space simulation program that lets you explore the universe in three dimensions, from planet Earth to the most distant galaxies. Areas of the known universe are represented using actual astronomical data, while regions uncharted by astronomy are generated procedurally. Millions of galaxies, trillions of stars, countless planets - all available for exploration. You can land any planet, moon or asteroid and watch alien landscapes and celestial phenomena. You can even pilot starships and atmospheric shuttles. 
 Download and pledge your support to the game here: http://en.spaceengine.org

Amino (Space Engine OST)

Monkey Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Kid

A Folk Tale: Fantasia For Piano and Small Orchestra

Farewell To A Past Self

Farewell To A Past Self - A Folk Tale - Lorin Jones-Stubbs

[未来への道 Soundtrack]
00. 未来への道(The Path to A Future, Main Theme)
01. Introduction
02. 幻の出逢い(Phantom Encounter)
03. 運命の交差点(Crossroads of Fate)
04. 新しい道(A New Path)
05. 再生の瞬間(Moment of Rebirth)
06. Ending

Introduction(未来への道)

Written and recorded on: 4th May 2024. Mixed on 10th May 2024.

BROTHER HOLD ON
I KNOW YOU FEEL THAT PAIN
REMEMBER WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, ITS JUST A GAME
WE PLAY, WITH OUR STRONGEST HAND
BUT RULES THEY CHANGE
CHANGE LIKE THE SEASONS
RULES THEY CHANGE, WE GOT OUR REASONS
RULES THEY CHANGE, HOLD ON

I’LL BE THERE
WHEN THE DEMONS RUB THEIR WICKED HANDS
AND CRUSH YOUR PLANS
AND SEED YOUR TROUBLED LANDS

I’LL BE THERE TO BRING YOUR HEAD UP HIGH
I’LL TAKE YPUR FIGHT
TOGETHER WE’LL DIVIDE AND CONQUER
ALL THEY BRING TONIGHT

BROTHER WHEN IT FEELS LIKE
THEY ARE CLOSING IN, IN THIS GAME, THAT WE CAN’T WIN
ITS EASY JUST TO LOSE
EVERY DAY CAN BRING SUCH DIFFERENT THINGS
KEEP IT STRONG AND LOOK WITHIN
THE RULES, THEY CHANGE, BUT BROTHER
WE CAN BEAT THEM

CHORUS

Dust

Brother, Hold On

Borderlands 2 [Soundtrack] - 12. Interlude Ambient (Jesper Kyd)

Westworld: Season 2 (Music From the HBO Series)

Core Drive 

Today, I Will Be Free

Soul

Flashback

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Brother, Hold On

Nico Morrisson

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