Codes and Secret Longing is the debut studio album by Canadian indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Raised by Swans

Raised by Swans

Raised by Swans is an indie rock band from London, Ontario, Canada. The band consists of singer-guitarist Eric Howden, guitarist Alex Wright, bassist Andy Magoffin, and drummer Brady Parr....

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Andy Magoffin

Joel Andrew Magoffin, best known as Andy Magoffin, is a Canadian musician and record producer. He is the songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist for the indie rock band Two-Minute Miracles and the bass guitarist for Raised by Swans....

's studio, House of Miracles, and released on April 11, 2005. The album cover features the two protagonists of the Anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

is a 1988 Japanese animated war tragedy film written and directed by Isao Takahata. This is the first film produced by Shinchosha, who hired Studio Ghibli to do the animation production work...

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Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Eric Howden. Music performed by Eric Howden, Brady Parr and Chris Donais.

1. A Cipher In A Foreign Sky - 1:56
2. Violet Light - 5:03
3. There Is No Escape - 6:35
4. Capable Of Cruelty - 4:04
5. Sandcastles - 3:45
6. Still Inside You - 4:49
7. Phantom Limb/ Divided By Night - 8:09
8. Relentless - 4:03
9. Imagined Life - 4:01
10. The Moment That I'll Miss - 3:37
11. Scent - 6:34
12. Drag The Morning - 4:19
13. Unrequited/ Stolen Lakes - 8:07

Film and Television

Film

• Douglas Coupland
  Douglas Coupland
  Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized terms such as McJob and...
  
  's film Everything's Gone Green
  Everything's Gone Green (film)
  Everything's Gone Green is a 2006 Canadian comedy film directed by Paul Fox and written by Douglas Coupland. It was produced by Radke Films and True West Films...
  
  (2007) featured Violet Light.
• Atom Egoyan
  Atom Egoyan
  Atom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...
  
  's Adoration
  Adoration (film)
  Adoration is a 2008 Canadian drama film directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Rachel Blanchard, Scott Speedman and Devon Bostick. It is Egoyan's first feature film since Where The Truth Lies....
  
   (2008) featured Capable Of Cruelty, Still Inside You, and Phantom Limb/ Divided By Night.

Television

• Canadian television series ReGenesis
  ReGenesis
  ReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC , a fictional organization with a lab based in Toronto...
  
   featured Violet Light and Relentless in Season 2: Episodes 3 and 4, respectively (2007).
• CTV
  CTV television network
  CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
  
  's Whister
  Whistler (TV series)
  Whistler is a Canadian television drama centring on the aftermath of the mysterious death of a local snowboard legend. The series was created by Kelly Senecal and developed by Patrick Banister, John Barbisan, Mindy Heslin, and Susan James.-Premise:...
  
   featured Violet Light in Episode 8 (2007).
• MTV Canada's Peak Season
  Peak Season
  Peak Season is an MTV Canada reality TV show set in Whistler, British Columbia. The premier was on October 19, 2009, and delivered the highest ratings for a series on MTV Canada. The show follows the lives of several young adult characters in the reality television style. The show concluded its...
  
  featured Violet Light, Phantom Limb/ Divided By Night and Relentless in Episodes 1, 6 and 8, respectively (2009).