Black Refuge

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Black Refuge EP
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ReleasedNovember 21, 2005 (2005-11-21)
Genre Indie, folk
Length18:30
Label Teme Shet
Junip chronology
Straight Lines
(2000)
Black Refuge EP
(2005)
Rope and Summit
(2010)

Black Refuge EP is the second EP released by Swedish band Junip. It is composed of mostly original songs, but also includes a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad". [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Black Refuge" – 3:25
  2. "Turn to the Assassin" – 3:36
  3. "Official" – 6:02
  4. "Chugga-chugga" – 1:54
  5. "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (Bruce Springsteen) – 4:11

Personnel

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