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EP of the year...

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by twee_loser

Bit of a tricky one. Any suggestions?

1) Mechanical Birds – Happy Faces
2) Gossamer Albatross – Gossamer Albatross
3) Sir Yes Sir – Tag Team
4) Johnny Foreigner – Arcs Across The City
5) Video Nasties – Karl Blau
6) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Is Is
7) Godwits – Shaker Hymns
8) Tokyo Police Club – A Lesson In Crime
9) YouthMovies & Adam Gnade – Honey Slides
10) Yndi Halda – Enjoy Eternal Bliss

twee_loser | 01 Jan '08, 14:56 | Send note | Report this | Reply

hmm

cant remember many. Torche maybe, that was mint. y&ag lags a bit towards the end. yndi halda is mint though


i'll go for.....

Matt Eaton - The Village Bear

great 4 track ep released last month on Drift records.


Los Campesinos!

Sticking Fingers Into Sockets is the first that springs to mind.


I'd say

10 Chris T-T - This Gun Is Not A Gun
9 Tired Irie - Tired Irie EP
8 Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime
7 Grizzly Bear - Friend
6 Eugene McGuinness - The Early Learnings Of Eugene McGuinness
5 Adam Gnade & Youthmovies - Honey Slides
4 Wire - Read And Burn 03
3 Pagan Wanderer Lu - Perfection RIP
2 Emmy The Great - My Bad
1 Johnny Foreigner - Arcs Across The City


My bersion of Perfection RIP

Didn't work properly. Therefore I have a grudge against it.


Oh but Christ what is a 'bersion'

*version you fool.


I said

I'd send you a new one if you gave me your address.


hmmmn

Flourescent Grey EP by Deerhunter?


Second

Though actually I'd probably put Flourescent Grey slightly ahead of it. 'Colleen' is just amazing though, and the alternate versions are fantastic.

This year has been great for EPs in general though. Nice to see Godwits mentioned by twee_loser for example. And also Yeah Yeah Yeahs which is like the best thing they've ever done.


I could never find that YYYs EP

was it limited or a digital release?


Nope

Maybe you're just bad at looking?


YOUR FACE is bad (at) looking

note to self: get better at insults.


Oh, Omgz1one

when are we just going to ditch these pointless bickerings and consummate our obviously-burning passion for each other?

note to self: get better at not being a sleazeball


Haven't heard too many EPs this year

but Johnny Foreigner's was clearly the best of the ones I have listened to


This:

1. The Sleeping Years - Setting Fire To Sleepy Towns
2. Down I Go - This Is Robotcore
3. Efterklang - Under Giant Trees
4. Popular Workshop - Stutter And Dance
5. Cruiser Chimps - Cruiser Chimps EP


Adebisi Shank - This is an EP by the band Adebisi Shank

Down I Go - This is Robotcore
*shels - Laurentian's Atoll


...

The Rebel - Tarscoffsky's The Snackrifice

http://www.therebel.co.uk/images/tarscoffsky.jpg


Tokyo Police Club

But I didn't buy that many, eh. Haven't found Deerhunter or YYY's yet... though I really liked Silversun Pickups ep, but that was released in '05 or '06, eh.

Worst ep I bought last year was that fucking Ambulance Ltd, as previously mentioned.


Is Is is pretty goddamned fantastic

best thing they've ever done, probably.


wasn't Lon Gisland this year?

it's between that and the YYYs for me. Probably the latter tho.


*last year, even

2007, anyway


Tubelord

Square EP


For me its

either Tokyo Police Club, Eugene McGuinness, Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Grizzly Bear, though many are considered to be mini albums


Joanna Newsom

or Of Montreal


number 2! get in.

More people should mention the Gossamer ep. It's a keeper for sure.


Perfection RIP


Io

'It Was Lost In The fire We Started'

http://www.myspace.com/weareio


I can't remember what an EP is

but

Venetian Snares - Sabbath Dubs
Totem - Totem (Wooden Wand/Hush Arbors doing metal)
Melvins - Smash the State EP
Ween - Friends
TODD - Forget the Minions


Both

The Shitty Limits 7"s





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