Studio Album · No. 5

Ephemeral Songwriting Credits by The Anix

2017 Cleopatra Records 14 tracks 1:11:18
Cleopatra Records Electronic RockAlternative Rock
93%
Authorship
Artist

Holds writing credit on 13 of 14 tracks

Authorship Breakdown 13 / 14 documented

Who wrote the songs?

Scored across the 14 tracks with documented writers, by whether The Anix carries a lyricist or composer credit.

93%
13 trackswritten by The Anix 1 trackoutside writers
The Anix's roles on this album

Share of the 14 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.

Lyricist93%
Composer93%
Producer0%
Performer100%

By the Numbers

14
Tracks
4
Lyricists
0
Producers
2017
Released
Data Insight

TIDAL gives a composer for every track and the answer is almost always one name. Brandon Smith wrote thirteen of the fourteen entries, published through his own Dimension Gate Music, and the sole exception on the original material is Hollow, where Chris Yarber returns for a co-write nine years after leaving the band. Celestica belongs to Crystal Castles and is published by Universal-Polygram International, the one track on the record not tied to Smith's company. For a band-era album this is the least shared writing of the five, which reads as the point where The Anix had already become a solo project in everything but name.

Ephemeral closed out The Anix as a band, released by Cleopatra Records on 31 March 2017. Twelve songs and two Several Definitions remixes of Sideways, leaning harder on techno and dance rhythms than anything the band had put out before, and the record went without a supporting tour. Celestica is a Crystal Castles cover. Brandon Smith carried the name on alone from here, signing to FiXT the following year.

Track Listing & Credits 14 tracks

Written by the artist Written by outside writers
#TitleLyricist(s)Composer(s)Producer(s)Performers
1
Again
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
2
Nevermind
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
3
Sideways
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
4
Celestica
Alice GlassEthan Kath Margaret OsbornClaudio Paolo Palmieri - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
5
Mask
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
6
Remnants of Us
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
7
Sleep
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
8
Without You
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
9
Stay
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
10
Vanished
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
11
Wait
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
12
Hollow
Brandon SmithChris Yarber Brandon Spencer SmithChris Yarber - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
13
Sideways (Several Definitions Day Remix)
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)
14
Sideways (Several Definitions Night Remix)
Brandon Smith Brandon Spencer Smith - Brandon Smith (Lead Vocals)

Songwriter & Credit Spotlight 7 contributors

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Frequently Asked Questions Ephemeral

Who wrote Ephemeral by The Anix?
Brandon Smith wrote every song except the cover, published through Dimension Gate Music. Chris Yarber shares the credit on Hollow, and Celestica belongs to Crystal Castles writers Alice Glass and Ethan Kath.
What is Celestica on The Anix album Ephemeral?
It is a cover of the Crystal Castles song. TIDAL credits Alice Glass and Ethan Kath as its composers, published by Universal-Polygram International rather than by Brandon Smith's own publisher.
Who produced Ephemeral?
No producer credit is published. TIDAL lists composers and publishers only, Discogs shows no production credits for the Cleopatra release, and the album's Bandcamp page carries a release date and nothing more.
Data note: Per-track writers come from TIDAL's credit page alone, which gives a composer and a publisher for every track and no lyricist or producer field; the two fields here carry the same names for that reason. Discogs release 10649196 corroborates only that Celestica is a Crystal Castles song and adds no other credit, the Bandcamp page prints a release date, and MusicBrainz holds the track order and durations with no writer relationships. Alice Glass and Ethan Kath are stage names, so their legal names, taken from their Wikipedia articles, are used in the composer field. Brandon Smith's lead vocal is carried from the band's member list rather than a per-track source.

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