US Tour EP

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US Tour EP
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Released24 May 2001
Genre Instrumental rock
Length21:06
Label Matador
Mogwai chronology
Rock Action
(2001)
US Tour EP
(2001)
"My Father My King"'
(2001)
Bardo Pond chronology
Dilate
(2001)
US Tour EP
(2001)
On the Ellipse
(2003)

US Tour EP is a split EP by the Scottish group Mogwai and the American group Bardo Pond, released in 2001 on Matador.

A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs of the same variety, which are often called "split singles" and "split EPs" respectively. Split albums differ from "various artists" compilation albums in that they generally include several tracks of each artist, or few artists with one or two tracks each, instead of multiple artists with only one or two tracks each.

Extended play

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. Contemporary EPs generally contain a minimum of three tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.

Scotland country in Northwest Europe, part of the United Kingdom

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain, with a border with England to the southeast, and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast, the Irish Sea to the south, and more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

Overview

US Tour EP was sold as merchandise on Mogwai and Bardo Pond's May–June 2001 US Tour. An alternative version of the Mogwai song "D to E" appears on the Japanese version of the 2001 album, Rock Action , as an extra track, entitled "Untitled". "Despite the Roar (In Spite Of Themselves)" is an alternative version of "Despite the Roar", from Bardo Pond's 2001 album, Dilate .

<i>Rock Action</i> (album) 2001 studio album by Mogwai

Rock Action is the third studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. The album was produced by Dave Fridmann of Mercury Rev in New York.

<i>Dilate</i> (Bardo Pond album) 2001 studio album by Bardo Pond

Dilate is the fifth album by Bardo Pond. It was released on April 24, 2001 on Matador Records.

Track listing

All tracks on Side one were written by Mogwai. All tracks on Side two were written by Bardo Pond.

Side one

  1. "D to E" – 5:52
  2. "Drum Machine" – 3:22

Side two

  1. "Despite the Roar (In Spite Of Themselves)" – 7:30
  2. "Highlands" – 4:22

Personnel

Guitar Fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Keyboard instrument class of musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers. The most common of these are the piano, organ, and various electronic keyboards, including synthesizers and digital pianos. Other keyboard instruments include celestas, which are struck idiophones operated by a keyboard, and carillons, which are usually housed in bell towers or belfries of churches or municipal buildings.

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses.

Release history

US Tour EP was released in 2001 in the United States.

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States24 May 2001 Matador 10" OLE 522-1

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