Seen / Unseen is a 2022 compilation by American experimental pop act Sweet Trip, released on March 18, 2022, by Darla Records.[1]

Seen / Unseen
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 18, 2022
Length204:00 (Digital)
86:38 (LP)
LabelDarla Records
ProducerRoberto Burgos
Sweet Trip chronology
A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals
(2021)
Seen / Unseen
(2022)

Background

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In 2021, Sweet Trip released their first studio album in 12 years, A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals,[2] after officially reforming in 2019 to release new music due to fan demand.[3] However, just a year later, on January 29, 2022, Valerie Cooper announced she was leaving Sweet Trip for personal reasons, reducing the act to just Roby Burgos.[4] Despite this, Darla Records continued to put out re-releases of their old material, with a re-release of their 1999 EP Alura announced that February.[5]

On March 17, Darla Records put out an announcement on their Instagram that they were releasing the 50-track compilation Seen / Unseen at midnight, with a vinyl pre-order available as well.[6] The compilation was being put together prior to the band's breakup, with Roby providing a collection of 57 tracks, and Valerie and Darla independently culling the tracks down. It is based on a popular YouTube bootleg consisting mostly of tracks released on SoundCloud by Roby, with the official release containing all those songs alongside a large selection of demos and shelved tracks by the band.[1]

Track listing

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Digital Version

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Track list adapted from digital release.[7]

Disc 1

No.TitleLength
1."KKMJ"3:34
2."Aluralura"3:40
3."Darlin'"4:52
4."Deep"4:15
5."Mar"2:40
6."A Seagull Lull (Demo Version)"3:17
7."Route of Escape"3:05
8."Soul to Harvest"3:34
9."Steps"3:16
10."Things to Ponder While Falling (Demo Version)"4:03
11."To Live on Valium"5:32
12."Tonight (Demo Version)"4:41
13."Total"3:38
14."Untitled"4:53
15."Wait, Stay"5:11
16."W01"2:22
17."You Play Your Guitar and Sing"2:10
18."No Title Half"7:20
19."Milk (Illegal Apartment Live)"4:26
Total length:76:38

Disc 2

No.TitleLength
1."203"4:22
2."A Seagull Lull (Reworked Demo Version)"6:16
3."And the Sea Will Rise"3:45
4."As We Forget"3:25
5."BO-04"4:00
6."BO-05"5:53
7."Burmality"3:54
8."Foencahl (AKAI S6000 Mix)"9:19
9."Glorious Pain, Don't Steal My Heart"6:01
10."I Want My Cone"2:25
11."In This Prison, The Heart is a Well"6:07
12."Magic Science"1:23
13."Metal Test"1:19
Total length:58:14

Disc 3

No.TitleLength
1."Monica Bellucci"3:38
2."Piano"4:46
3."PNC"1:12
4."Rain Song"4:27
5."Simple Life"2:29
6."Singularity"6:04
7."Supur"3:58
8."The One That Sounds Like Starry"10:24
9."Curved"1:14
10."Unconscious Living"6:02
11."V4l226"2:28
12."ValJuno"5:06
13."Working"2:16
14."Wandering Splendor"4:26
15."Wolf Ambush (Acoustic Demo Version)"0:55
16."Wolf Ambush (Orchestral Demo Version)"3:21
17."Wolf Theme"3:15
18."XEST"2:58
Total length:69:07

LP Version

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Track list adapted from Darla Records.[1]

Side A

No.TitleLength
1."KKMJ"3:40
2."Aluralura"3:38
3."Darlin'"4:52
4."Deep"4:09
5."Mar"2:38
Total length:18:57

Side B

No.TitleLength
1."A Seagull Lull (Original Demo)"3:18
2."Route of Escape"3:08
3."Soul to Harvest"3:36
4."Steps"3:15
5."Things to Ponder While Falling (Original Demo)"4:04
6."You Play Your Guitar and Sing"2:09
Total length:19:30

Side C

No.TitleLength
1."To Live on Valium"5:30
2."Tonight (Demo)"4:40
3."Total"3:49
4."Untitled"4:52
Total length:18:51

Side D

No.TitleLength
1."Wait, Stay"5:10
2."W01"2:17
3."No Title Half"7:17
4."Milk (Illegal Apartment Live)"4:00
Total length:18:44

References

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  1. ^ a b c Records, Darla. "Sweet Trip - Seen/Unseen". Darla Records. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  2. ^ Yoo, Noah (2021-01-15). "Sweet Trip Return With Two New Songs". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  3. ^ Records, Darla. "v/a - Little Darla Has a Treat for You, Vol. 30: Summer 2020". Darla Records. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  4. ^ "Darla Records on Instagram: "Sweet Trip - Seen/Unseen 50 track digital album is available now via Darla.com. 49 tracks previously unreleased. Preorder 19 track 2xLP and…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  5. ^ Records, Darla. "Sweet Trip - Alura (Expanded Edition)". Darla Records. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  6. ^ "Sweet Trip 🍨✈️ on Instagram: "Hi. Due to personal reasons I am sorry I am no longer able to continue in sweet trip. I will not be able to respond to you as I had before.…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  7. ^ "Seen / Unseen". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2022-03-18.