MoBo Presents: The Perfect Cast

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MOBO Presents: The Perfect Cast EP featuring Modern Baseball
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ReleasedOctober 23, 2015 (2015-10-23)
Genre
Label Lame-O
Producer Modern Baseball
Modern Baseball chronology
Techniques
(2014)
MOBO Presents: The Perfect Cast EP featuring Modern Baseball
(2015)
Holy Ghost
(2016)

MoBo Presents: The Perfect Cast EP Featuring Modern Baseball is the second EP by rock band Modern Baseball.

Contents

Background

On October 23, 2015, Modern Baseball released MOBO Presents: The Perfect Cast EP featuring Modern Baseball via Lame-O Records. [1] [2] The album was the first after a long wait since the band's previous full-length album You're Gonna Miss It All . [3] Two singles were released from the album ("Revenge of the Nameless Ranger" and "The Thrash Particle"). [4] [5] [6]

PunkNews gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, describing the sound like a bridge between the band's first two studio albums. [3]

Track listing

All music is composed by Modern Baseball

No.TitleLength
1."The Waterboy Returns"2:43
2."Alpha Kappa Fall of Troy the Movie Part Deux (2 Disc Director's Cut)"2:54
3."Infinity Exposed"2:08
4."The Thrash Particle"3:23
5."...And Beyond"2:22
6."Revenge of the Nameless Ranger"2:35
Total length:16:05

Personnel

Modern Baseball

Others [7]

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