Constance was the only full-length album by Canadian dream pop

Dream pop

Dream pop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s, when bands like The Passions, Dif Juz, Lowlife and A.R. Kane began fusing post-punk and ethereal experiments with bittersweet pop melodies into dreamy, sensual soundscapes. The term was almost...

/space rock

Space rock

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 band Southpacific

Southpacific

Southpacific was a space rock band with prominent dream pop/post-rock leanings, originally based in Ottawa, Canada.-History:...

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Intended to be released in late 1999 (the album has a 1999 copyright date on it), its release date was instead delayed until early 2000. All of its songs are instrumental (except for "Built To Last"), often causing the band to be linked to the post-rock

Post-rock

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 music scene. The group dis-banded after their last show on August 26, 2000 and after completing a tour with Tristan Psionic

Tristan Psionic

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 and Crooked Fingers

Crooked Fingers

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 in support of Constance. The album was released on New York City independent label Turnbuckle Records; the label ceased operations a few years later, causing Southpacific's releases to go out of print

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Track listing

1. "Blue Lotus" – 4:14
2. "Parallel Lines" – 4:19
3. "E10 @ 182" – 7:11
4. "Alamo" – 3:12
5. "Analogue 9" – 5:33
6. "Round (Forget What You Feel)" – 2:19
7. "Built to Last" – 3:53
8. "A Better Life Since" – 1:49
9. "Stay Ahead, Far Behind" – 5:15
10. "Pintail Gate" – 5:27
11. "Automata" – 3:23
12. "Instrumental" – 5:47
13. "Telegraph Hill" – 4:55
14. "Aria" – 4:13