House-Sitting Songs

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House-Sitting Songs
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EP by
Released2009
Genre Alternative rock, indie, folk
Length27:29
Producer Lightspeed Champion
Lightspeed Champion chronology
Album In A Day 2
(2007)
House-Sitting Songs
(2009)
Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
(2010)

House-Sitting Songs is an album of demos released by British artist Lightspeed Champion onto the internet via his MySpace account (before hastily being removed). It was written and recorded in a week while he was house-sitting for a friend. [1]

The album features a duet with Charlotte Froom of The Like on a cover of a Patience and Prudence song, as well as another cover of a song by The Organ.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Tonight You Belong To Me (Patience and Prudence cover, featuring Charlotte Froom)"1:11
2."Saleri's Deposit"2:13
3."Baby Baby Nooooo"2:56
4."Keep Me In The Cold"2:22
5."Never In A Million Years"2:02
6."You Didn't See A Thing"1:48
7."Fire In The Ocean (The Organ cover)"1:54
8."I Can't Wait Anymore"2:26
9."Is This Really Me?"3:22
10."The Ainslie In Us All"2:08
11."Repetititititit"5:07

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References

  1. "Said No". Lightspeed Champion. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-07.