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Wires...and the Concept of Breathing

album by A Skylit Drive

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ3282862 ↗
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Wires and the Concept of Breathing is the debut studio album by American post-hardcore band A Skylit Drive. The album was released on May 21, 2008, on Tragic Hero Records. This is the band's first album to feature vocalist Michael Jagmin, who joined the band in 2008.

The band released music videos for five of the tracks: "Wires (and the Concept of Breathing)", "This Isn't the End", "Knights of the Round", "All It Takes for Your Dreams to Come True" and "I'm Not a Thief, I'm a Treasure Hunter". All five music videos were included on the Let Go of the Wires DVD along with interviews and the band's performance at the Glasshouse from September 21, 2008. Let Go of the Wires was released on December 9, 2008, through Tragic Hero.

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“Wires...and the Concept of Breathing” enters the record as album by A Skylit Drive. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Wires, Concept and Breathing can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2008. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Wires, Concept and Breathing.
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