Avoid the Light (German: Meide das Licht) is the second studio album by the German post-rock/post-metal band Long Distance Calling. It was published on 24 April 2009 by Superball Music. 　　Avoid the Light was the first album of the band under the new label Superball Music, coming to an end with Viva Hate Records. Upon changing to Superball Music the band recorded a demo containing the song Apparitions which would later be featured in Avoid the Light. The remaining songs of the album were written during 2008, while writing songs for the Split-EP 090208 with the band Leech simultaneously. 　　The album was recorded in November 2008 in Tonstudio45 Koblenz. Avoid The Light was produced by Kurt Ebelhäuser and the band. The mastering took over Pascal Stoffels. The cover was designed by Tim Klockentiedt. The vocals on the song "The Nearing Grave" were done by guest vocalist Jonas Renkse of the Swedish band Katatonia, who also wrote the lyrics for the song.