Lounge Lizards (EP)

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EP by
ReleasedJune 14, 2011 (2011-06-14)
Genre Garage rock, psychedelic rock
Length23:03
Label Mexican Summer
Purling Hiss chronology
Public Service Announcement
(2011)
Public Service Announcement
(2011)
Dizzy Polizzy
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media (7.5/10) [1]

Lounge Lizards is an EP by Purling Hiss, released on June 14, 2011 by Mexican Summer. [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Polizze.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Voices"5:16
2."The Hoodoo"4:21
3."Midnight Man"3:35
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Been Teased"1:58
2."City Wide Special"2:09
3."Karaoke Nite"3:19

Personnel

Adapted from the Lounge Lizards liner notes. [4]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2011 Mexican Summer LP MEX 094

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References

  1. Minsker, Evan (August 29, 2011). "Purling Hiss: Lounge Lizards". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  2. "Purling Hiss: Lounge Lizards > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  3. Nunziata, Francesco (August 20, 2011). "Purling Hiss: Lounge Lizards" (in Italian). Onda Rock. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  4. Lounge Lizards Announcement (sleeve). Purling Hiss. Brooklyn, New York: Mexican Summer. 2011.CS1 maint: others (link)