Songs for the Sapphire Hare is the debut LP from Austin-based noise rock/post-punk band Middle Mass. It was released in 2025 by Sans Soleil Records. Musically, the record is heavily influenced by The Fall, whose raw vocal style, unconventional recording techniques, and spontaneous ethos shape the group's creative approach. Comparisons to Sonic Youth have also followed, highlighting the band's dissonant textures and dynamic structures. Middle Mass creates music that feels unfamiliar, yet nostalgic—haunting, spectral, and emotionally unsteady. Themes of isolation, loss and transformation are often present, carried through shifting arrangements that move between tenderness and abrasion. The sound resist predictability, seeking to follow a natural emotional rhythm rather than a fixed structure.