From Catnap to Coma, by The Royal Arctic Institute

From Catnap to Coma

by The Royal Arctic Institute

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Charlie Moonbeam Your homies invite you over to their eclectically-decorated jam room and they ask you if you want to hear what they've been working on.

They roll you a spliff, invite you to sit down, and you disintegrate.

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1.	Fishing by Lantern 04:17	buy track
2.	Shore Leave on Pharagonesia 03:57	buy track
3.	First of the Eight 05:32	buy track
4.	Ghosts Of The Great Library 04:51	buy track
5.	Anosmia Suite 06:39	buy track

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The Royal Arctic Institute is an instrumental, post-punk, cinematic jazz quintet. Their new EP 'From Catnap to Coma' was recorded by James McNew (Yo La Tengo) in the historic Neumann Leather Factory in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Members John Leon (guitar), and Lyle Hysen (drums) combine 50+ years of experience (Das Damen, Roky Erickson’s backing band, & more). The quintet is rounded out by David Motamed (bass), Lynn Wright (guitar), and Carl Baggaley (keyboard). The group self-describe their music as “post-everything."

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released February 4, 2022

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