Tracing Lines / Silent Cry

"Tracing Lines / Silent Cry"
Single by Feeder
from the album Silent Cry
Released	August 24, 2008 (2008-08-24)
Format	Digital Download
Recorded	2007
Genre	Alternative rock, power pop
Length	3:47 ("Tracing Lines") 3:25 ("Silent Cry")
Label	Echo
Producer(s)	Grant Nicholas, Feeder
Feeder singles chronology
"We Are the People" (2008) "Tracing Lines / Silent Cry" (2008) "Call Out" (2010)
"We Are the People" (2008) "Tracing Lines / Silent Cry" (2008) "Call Out" (2010)

Tracing Lines and Silent Cry are the double a-side singles from Feeder, and was released on August 24, 2008. It was meant to be released on the 25th,^[1] but it appeared on the UK iTunes Store a day early as all downloads in the UK charts as well as physical sales include those on a Sunday.

Both songs, 'Tracing Lines' and 'Silent Cry' are taken from their sixth album, Silent Cry. The single was originally meant to be just "Tracing Lines", released on August 11, 2008. However "Silent Cry" was later added along with the announcement that it would be a download-only single. Feeder's fans slated this due to being no physical release or any new material worth collecting.

Alternative physical version

Although the single was never released officially on a physical format, a consortium of Feeder's supporters submitted various designs for an alternative to the front cover artwork for the single. The designs were then voted on, with the best one then being submitted to an external company not involved with the band who manufacture digipacks. Each member of the consortium paid a small sum of money to one member of the consortium group, who then contacted and liaised with the digipacks manufacturer. The resulting digipacks were therefore empty, with the owner downloading the single and b-sides before burning them onto a CDR to place in the digipack, in the same order as indicated on the reverse.

Track listing

Bundle 1

1. Tracing Lines (single edit)
2. Tracing Lines (live from XFM's All-Day Breakfast)
3. Somewhere to Call Your Own
4. Silent Cry

Bundle 2

1. Tracing Lines
2. Tracing Lines (Live from XFM's All-Day Breakfast)
3. Silent Cry

Bundle 3

1. Tracing Lines (The Crypt sessions)
2. Silent Cry (The Crypt sessions)
3. Tracing Lines (Instrumental)
4. Silent Cry (Instrumental)

References