Tertia is the second full-length studio album

Studio album

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 by the American post-rock

Post-rock

Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...

 band Caspian

Caspian (band)

Caspian is an instrumental post-rock band from Beverly, Massachusetts. Since 2003 Caspian have released 2 full-length albums, an EP and a split 7".-Early History 2003-2004:...

, released through The Mylene Sheath

The Mylene Sheath

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 digitally on August 11, 2009 and physically on September 15, 2009. It is the band's first album to be released on The Mylene Sheath, after previously issuing the vinyl versions of The Four Trees

The Four Trees

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and You Are the Conductor

You Are the Conductor

You Are the Conductor is an EP by American Post-Rock band Caspian. The CD version was released on Dopamine Records in 2005 and reissued by The Mylene Sheath on March 13, 2010.In 2008, The Mylene Sheath released the EP in vinyl format on 4 colors...

via the company.

Tertia was made available as a full free download on the same day as its digital release, through Gimme Sound. All that was required of the user was registration to the website. The money raised through advertising on the site went to the band, or charities chosen by the band, the site or the user. The album is no longer available for download as of November 2, but may still be streamed for free.

Caspian spent two weeks recording Tertia in February 2009. The album was produced by Ethan Dussault with assistance from Ed Llerena at New Alliance in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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. Nick Zampiello mastered the recording along with Rob Gonella at New Alliance East. Nate Shumaker (who worked on You Are the Conductor) and PAJ returned on design duties for the project.

Track listing

1. "Mie" -4:08
2. "La Cerva" -5:00
3. "Ghosts of the Garden City" -7:32
4. "Malacoda" -5:02
5. "Epochs in Dmaj" -3:25
6. "Of Foam and Wave" -6:14
7. "Concrescence" -4:24
8. "The Raven" -7:00
9. "Vienna" -5:54
10. "Sycamore" -9:06