Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; The Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness

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Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; The Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness
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EP by
Released2004
RecordedMarch–May 2004
Genre Post-rock
Length31:31
Label Fierce Panda Records
Producer Ant Theaker
Alternative cover of EP
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Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; The Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness is the 2004 EP by post-rock band Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies. [1] [2]

Contents

It was later re-released in 2005 with two new tracks and a video for "Ores".

It was recorded between March 23, 2004 and May 7, 2004, in various places across London. It was released in a cardboard cover held in place with a pin, containing a poster, and was limited to 2000 copies. The EP is dedicated to the memory of Jimmi Lawrence, late guitarist of the now-defunct Hope of the States.

British music newspaper NME chose it as "one of 11 albums with ludicrously lengthy titles, [3]

British wrestler Zack Sabre Jr. paid tribute to this EP by naming one of his signature moves after this EP. [4]

Track listing

  1. "The Pitch and Yaw of Satellites" – 9:32
  2. "A Little Late He Staggered Through the Door and Into Her Eyes" – 6:08
  3. "Recovery Speak" – 7:26
  4. "...Spooks the Horse" – 8:25

Re-release track listing

  1. "The Pitch and Yaw of Satellites" – 9:32
  2. "A Little Late He Staggered Through the Door and Into Her Eyes" – 6:08
  3. "Recovery Speak" – 7:26
  4. "...Spooks the Horse" – 8:25
  5. "Ores" – 4:00
  6. "...Spooks the Horse" (65daysofstatic remix) – 4:15

Personnel

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References

  1. "DrownedInSound: Review by Mark Dver -- Hurrah! Another year... (4 August 2004)". Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. RoomThirteen.com: Review of Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies album
  3. NME: Go Long! 11 Albums With Ludicrously Lengthy Titles
  4. "Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; The Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All To Happiness". Twitter. Retrieved August 1, 2018.