Aphorisms (EP)

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Aphorisms
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EP by
ReleasedAugust 1, 2008
RecordedJune 5, 2008
Genre Post-Rock
Length17:53
Producer Red Sparowes, Toshi Kasai
Red Sparowes chronology
Oh Lord, God of Vengeance, Show Yourself!
(2006)
Aphorisms
(2008)
The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer
(2010)

Aphorisms is an EP by post-rock band Red Sparowes, released on Amazon.com as a digital download on July 9, 2008. It was also released a few days later on iTunes. [1] The EP was released on 12" vinyl in November 2009 via Sargent House.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "We Left the Apes to Rot, but Find the Fang Still Grows Within" - 6:37
  2. "Error Has Turned Animals into Men, and to Each the Fold Repeats" - 5:38
  3. "The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer" - 5:38

Personnel

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References

  1. "Red Sparowes to Release Aphorisms August 1". Shawn M. Smith. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2008-07-04.