''Blue Room Archives'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Tantric. It was released on September 30, 2014, via Pavement Records.

Background

The band announced on their official

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page on August 1, 2014, that they would be releasing a new studio album of previously unreleased material throughout the band's career including newly recorded acoustic versions of their early hits " Breakdown" and "

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" along with two new remixes of their later hits "Mind Control" and "Fall to the Ground". On August 28, 2014, Ferreira revealed in an interview with Music Junkie Press the title of the album originated from the name of his personal

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that he named the ''"Blue Room"'' which was where much of the album's production work and song writing has been done at various different times throughout his career. Lead singer

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commented on the album saying: "This isn't so much a premeditated album, but a collection of music I have done that I always loved extremely but never found a place for. It's songs in their purest form, no flashy production or elaborate theme. Imagine it as a mix tape of songs I wrote or co-wrote that stand alone uniquely. A inside view of the other side of a tantric state of mind."

Promotion

To help promote the album, the band offered pre-orders of hand-signed copies of the album by lead vocalist

for $20.00.

Track listing

The track list for the album was revealed on August 1, 2014, along with the announcement of the album.

References

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