The Destruction of Small Ideas

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The Destruction of Small Ideas
The Destruction of Small Ideas cover
Studio album by 65daysofstatic
Released April 30, 2007
Genre Post-rock
Length 62:16
Label Monotreme
Professional reviews
65daysofstatic chronology
One Time for All Time
(2005)
The Destruction of Small Ideas
(2007)

The Destruction of Small Ideas is the third studio album by 65daysofstatic. It was released on April 30, 2007 in the United Kingdom, May 1, 2007 in the United States on Monotreme, and April 23, 2007 in Japan on Zankyo.

"Don't Go Down to Sorrow" was the first single from the album, released in the UK on April 9, in the United States on April 17, and in Japan on March 23.

A double-gatefold vinyl version of the album was released on 12th November 2007, also through Monotreme Records.[2]

On its release the album's production was criticised by some reviewers [3], but the band have stated[4] that this was directly influenced by an article written by Nick Southall for Stylus Magazine.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "When We Were Younger & Better" – 6:54
  2. "A Failsafe" – 4:28
  3. "Don't Go Down to Sorrow" – 6:55
  4. "Wax Futures" – 4:03
  5. "These Things You Can't Unlearn" – 6:27
  6. "Lyonesse" – 3:26
  7. "Music Is Music as Devices Are Kisses Is Everything" – 5:20
  8. "The Distant & Mechanised Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties" – 3:33
  9. "Little Victories" – 5:14
  10. "Primer" – 4:51
  11. "White Peak/Dark Peak" – 3:57
  12. "The Conspiracy of Seeds" (featuring Circle Takes the Square) – 7:08