The Birds and the Bees (EP)

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The Birds & The Bees
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Released4 April 2006
RecordedBackbeach Studios, Melbourne, Australia
Genre Alternative rock
Label Helltrack Records/Set Fire To My Home
Producer DW Norton
Horsell Common chronology
Lost a Lot of Blood
(2005)
The Birds and the Bees
(2006)
Satellite Wonderland
(2006)
Trial Kennedy chronology
Picture Frame (EP)
(2006)
The Birds and the Bees
(2006)
New Manic Art
(2008)

The Birds and the Bees is split EP between Australian bands Trial Kennedy and Horsell Common, released 4 April 2006. It features three songs by each band, one of them being an acoustic cover of one of the other band's songs.

Contents

Track listing

Tracks 1, 2 and 5 are recorded by Horsell Common, tracks 3, 4 and 6 are recorded by Trial Kennedy. Track 5 is Horsell Common's cover of "Knife Light" by Trial Kennedy. Track 6 is Trial Kennedy's cover of "The Disaster" by Horsell Common.

  1. "Everlasting" - 3:00
  2. "Milk Was a Bad Choice" - 3:38
  3. "Sonic Affair" - 4:26
  4. "My Idol Who?" - 3:39
  5. "Knife Light (acoustic)" - 3:14
  6. "The Disaster (acoustic)" - 3:07

Personnel

Horsell Common -

Trial Kennedy -

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