First Temple is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Closure in Moscow, released to stores and digitally in the US on 5 May 2009.[5] It was released digitally in Australia on 9 May and in stores on 22 May 2009,[6] and is their first album on Equal Vision Records, following the success of their debut EP, The Penance and the Patience, in 2008. The tracks "Sweet#hart", "Kissing Cousins" and "A Night at the Spleen" have since been uploaded to the band's MySpace page.[7]

First Temple
Studio album by Closure in Moscow
Released	5 May 2009
Recorded	January–March 2009, at Interlace Audio, Portland, Oregon
Genre	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock
Label	Equal Vision Taperjean
Producer	Kris Crummett
Closure in Moscow chronology
The Penance and the Patience (2008) First Temple (2009) Pink Lemonade (2014)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk.net	(77%)[1]
EmotionalPunk	[2]
SomethingPunk	[3]
The Interlude	[4]

Track listing

1. "Kissing Cousins" – 4:01
2. "Reindeer Age" – 3:54
3. "Sweet#hart" – 4:05
4. "Vanguard" – 3:50
5. "A Night at the Spleen" – 3:57
6. "I'm a Ghost of Twilight" – 3:59
7. "Permafrost" – 3:38
8. "Deluge" – 3:51
9. "Afterbirth" – 3:36
10. "Arecibo Message" – 4:26
11. "Couldn't Let You Love Me" – 1:07
12. "Had to Put It in the Soil" – 4:27

Release history

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