mtrecdistro.bandcamp.com/album/jackhammer-screams-of-our-dead-star
Sci fi themed noise comp? Of COURSE I'd want in on that!
14. Ennaytch - Spectral Death Agonies Awash The Barren Plains
"In March of 2023, the following was posted to Twitter/X:
"...If the vacuum of space didn't block sound from reaching us, the sun would be as loud as a jackhammer everywhere on Earth. Everywhere, At all times. And since sound travels slower than light, if the sun were to go out it would take eight minutes for the light to stop but thirteen years for the sound to stop. Imagine living on a cold dead earth for thirteen years and still hearing the jackhammer scream of our dead star."
Alas, the statement is false, as even if the vacuum did not exist, the sun's soundwaves are far below the range of human hearing and would also dissipate across the vast distance of space between our star and our planet.
But imagine if it were true. Imagine being left alone in the dark, living on a cold, dead Earth for years, still hearing the Jackhammer Screams Of Our Dead Star..."
Digital release on Machine Tribe Recordings!
released January 27, 2024