To the Yet Unknowing World

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To the Yet Unknowing World
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EP by
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2011
February 15, 2011 (iTunes Digital EP)
RecordedThe Great North Sound Society, Parsonsfield, ME
Genre
Length24:01
Label Pytheas Recordings
Producer Sam Kassirer
Josh Ritter chronology
So Runs the World Away
(2010)
To the Yet Unknowing World
(2011)
Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band – Live at The Iveagh Gardens
(2011)

To the Yet Unknowing World is a limited-edition EP album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. It was released on February 8, 2011. [1]

Contents

Background

The EP features b-sides, demos, and remixes from the So Runs the World Away recording sessions. To the Yet Unknowing World was first made available on Ritter's official website and at his 2011 tour performances. [2] The EP later went on sale in record stores and iTunes, February 15, 2011. The title is from a line in the fifth act of Shakespeare's Hamlet [3] (the title of So Runs the World Away was also from a line of Hamlet, however, from the third act). [4] [5]

In addition to the six songs on the EP, music videos for "The Curse" and "Rattling Locks" were released as well. They were directed by Liam Hurley [6] and Sam Kassirer [7] respectively.

Track listing

All songs written by Josh Ritter.

  1. "Galahad" (studio b-side) – 4:17
  2. "Tokyo!" (studio b-side) – 3:19
  3. "Wild Goose" (for Rainn Wilson's book SoulPancake) – 2:29
  4. "Lantern" (acoustic Josh Ritter and Sam Kassirer demo) – 4:47
  5. "The Remnant" (Wallpaper remix) – 4:11
  6. "Rattling Locks" (Hesta Prynn remix) – 4:58

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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