Common swift that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. Their call is a loud scream in two different tone pitches, the higher of which issues from the female. They often form 'screaming parties' during summer evenings, when 10–20 swifts will gather in flight around their nesting area, calling out and being answered by nesting swifts. Larger "screaming parties" are formed at higher altitudes, especially late in the breeding season. The purpose of these parties is uncertain, but may include ascending to sleep on the wing, while still breeding adults tend to spend the night in the nest. Swifts may nest in former
Last Evenings On Earth (album) Last Evenings On Earth (album) Last Evenings On Earth is the second studio album by the London-based band Melt Yourself Down. It follows 2013's eponymous debut and "Live At The New Empowering Church", released for Record Store Day in 2014. The album is named after the collection of short stories by Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño. The Leaf Label described the album as "a dizzying, continent-hopping voyage, darker and heavier than its predecessor". In an interview, bandleader Peter Wareham explained, "The need to dance is still there but now I’m feeling inspired by the idea of the city as a prism