Prepare to Be Wrong

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Prepare to Be Wrong
Straylight Run-Prepare To Be Wrong.jpg
EP by
ReleasedOctober 4, 2005
RecordedStatic Recording Studios (Brooklyn, New York), Sapone Studios (Bethpage, New York), John Nolan's bedroom
Genre Indie rock
Length29:24
Label Victory
Producer Straylight Run, Mike Sapone
Straylight Run chronology
Straylight Run
(2004)
Prepare to Be Wrong
(2005)
The Needles the Space
(2007)
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Review scores
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Prepare to Be Wrong is an EP by Straylight Run, released on October 4, 2005 by Victory Records. The song "It Never Gets Easier" was originally titled "Costello".

Contents

Release

"Hands in the Sky (Big Shot)" was released to radio on October 25, 2005. [2] In October and November, the band supported Simple Plan. [3] The band supported Motion City Soundtrack on the mtvU Campus Invasion tour in April 2006. [4] In May, the band toured Australia alongside Matchbook Romance. [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Straylight Run, except where noted

  1. "I Don't Want This Anymore" – 3:43
  2. "It Never Gets Easier" – 4:09
  3. "A Slow Descent" – 5:12
  4. "Hands in the Sky (Big Shot)" – 5:42
  5. "Later That Year" – 4:16
  6. "With God on Our Side" – 6:19 (Bob Dylan)

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