Summer Solstice: Bee Stings

Summer Solstice: Bee Stings
EP by Coil
Released	1998
Recorded	21 June 1997 – 21 June 1998
Genre	Experimental
Length	24:00
Label	Eskaton
Producer	Coil
Coil chronology
Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull (1998) Summer Solstice: Bee Stings (1998) Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers (1998)

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Summer Solstice: Bee Stings is part two of the four part Seasons collective created by Coil.

Release history

The 7" was limited to 1300 copies on honey yellow vinyl and 50 copies on green vinyl. the CD version was unlimited, but deleted on autumn equinox 1998, when the third part of the series was released. On summer solstice 2001 a second CD edition was released and this was limited to 400 copies.

This album was re-released on Moons Milk (In Four Phases). This album will again be re-released on Moon's Milk In Six Phases.

A remix of "Glowworms/Waveforms" entitled "Glowworms/Waveforms - Obsidian Monarch (Full Version)" by Thread appeared on the CD compilation Otology: The Brainwashed 7" Singles Compiled.

Side A is meant to be played at 45 rpm while side B is meant to be played at 33½ rpm.

Track listing

7" Version

Side A

1. "Bee Stings" – 4:56

Side B

1. "Summer Substructures" – 8:11

CD Version

1. "Bee Stings" – 4:56
2. "Glowworms/Waveforms" – 5:54
3. "Summer Substructures" – 8:11
4. "A Warning from the Sun (For Fritz)" – 5:01

External links

• Summer Solstice: Bee Stings at Discogs (list of releases)
• Summer Solstice: Bee Stings at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Summer Solstice: Bee Stings at Brainwashed