"A Life of Arctic Sounds" is a 1996 single by Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think...

. The 7" was pressed on several different colors of vinyl, with the A side running at 45 RPM and the B side at 33 RPM. Both sides indicated the band name beneath the song titles even though they are also at the top of the record label.
The single was released in red and black vinyl in unknown quantities, and on pale blue vinyl in a limited quantity of 328. A white version remained in print until 2010. Suicide Squeeze

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 then began manufacturing a clear version.

Both songs later appeared on the Building Nothing Out of Something compilation album

Compilation album

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and were left otherwise unreleased.