Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games

This is one of the few Of Montreal songs with a pop structure, complete with chorus that starts off the song. There are a few obscure references ("Satyr in Cyprus," "Tristan and Iseult," but it's not nearly as dense as most of their songs and repeats the key line a few times: Let's pretend we don't exist Let's pretend we're in Antartica "On 'Wraith' I was making a few literary references in the verses to create an atmosphere that was a little more interesting to me than just a typical pop song, because the chorus is pretty simple," lead singer Kevin Barnes explained in a Songfacts interview. "I have a tendency to include the things that have been inspiring me or add interest into my lyrics. I have a lot of literary references, film references and music references in the lyrics, and it's usually things that just happen to be on my plate at that time, like things I was reading, things that I was watching." As for those two references, Tristan and Iseult is an ancient story of young lovers thwarted when she is forced to marry another, and a Satyr is a figure in Greek mythology known for pursuing nymphs.

The title comes from A Wraith In The Mist, a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow circa 1878. Longfellow wrote: His form is the form of a giant But his face wears an aspect of pain

Regarding the album title, Sunlandia is a fictional planet Barnes' wife Nina came up with in a dream. The concept is that she and Kevin are the only inhabitants of the planet.