Sebadoh vs Helmet

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Sebadoh vs Helmet
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Released1992
RecordedSlaughterhouse, Calgary, AB
Genre Indie rock, lo-fi
Length26:10
Label Domino
Producer Bob Weston, Brian Fellows
Sebadoh chronology
Rocking the Forest
(1992)
Sebadoh vs Helmet
(1992)
Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock
(1992)

Sebadoh vs Helmet is an EP by Sebadoh, released in 1992.

Contents

Three songs (#2, #5 & #9) are re-recordings of songs previously released on Sebadoh's two first albums ( The Freed Man and Weed Forestin' ). All songs but one song (#9: "Soulmate") were included on the compilation Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock . The German version of this EP (released in 1992 on CD, LP and MC by City Slang) included the entire Rocking the Forest EP as bonus tracks.

Track listing

  1. "Notsur Dnuora Selcric" - 3:03
  2. "Brand New Love" - 4:04
  3. "Mean Distance" - 3:11
  4. "...Burned" (The Byrds cover) - 3:16
  5. "New Worship" - 2:19
  6. "Good Things, Proud Man" - 1:26
  7. "P. Moon" (Nick Drake cover) - 1:59
  8. "Cecilia Chime in Melee" - 4:18
  9. "Soulmate" - 2:28

Personnel

Sebadoh
Technical personnel

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