Studio X Sessions EP

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Studio X Sessions EP
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ReleasedJuly 27, 2004
Genre Indie rock
Length14:28
Label Barsuk Records
Death Cab for Cutie chronology
Transatlanticism
(2003)
Studio X Sessions EP
(2004)
The John Byrd EP
(2005)

Studio X Sessions EP (2004) is an EP by Death Cab for Cutie. It was released exclusively on Apple's iTunes Music Store website. [1]

Track listing

The E.P. consists of new versions of four songs that had all been recorded and released previously:

No.TitleNoteLength
1."The New Year"from Transatlanticism 3:44
2."Blacking Out the Friction"from The Photo Album 2:15
3."Bend to Squares"from Something About Airplanes 4:10
4."Army Corps of Architects"from Sub Pop Singles Club March 2000 / You Can Play These Songs with Chords + 10 4:20

A new version of the Death Cab for Cutie song "Lightness" was also recorded during these sessions, and it was released on "The Sound of Settling" CD-single.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "News to Us". CMJ New Music Report (892): 1. November 29, 2004 via Google Books.