Northern Light Patrol
Analog synth dread for a four-hour Alaska state-trooper overnight in midwinter. The aurora overhead, the CB silent, the highway empty.
8 tracks·38 min·for code
1
Mile Marker Zero
Engine on, breath in the cab.
2:31
2
Ice Fog
Visibility drops to thirty feet.
7:14
3
Green Band
First aurora ribbon overhead.
1:36
4
Radio Silent
The CB hisses but no voices come.
5:16
5
Fox on the Road
Brake hard, then nothing.
8:38
6
Crossroads
The empty intersection in the middle of the wilderness.
3:31
7
High Pass
Climbing the high pass, aurora fully open.
6:22
8
Into Fairbanks
First town glow, end of shift.
3:36
