Workout Holiday

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Workout Holiday
WhiteDemin-WorkoutHoliday.jpg
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Released2007
Recorded2007
Genre Indie rock
Length21:44
Label Self-released
White Denim chronology
Let's Talk About It
(2007)
Workout Holiday
(2007)
Workout Holiday LP
(2008)

Workout Holiday is the second release for Austin, Texas-based rock trio White Denim, consisting of nine self-recorded songs. Also known as the "Tour EP ", Workout Holiday was sold exclusively on tour in 2007.

Contents

At the end of 2007, the band signed with online record company RCRD LBL and released a downloadable three-song EP entitled the RCRD LBL EP. [1] [2] The digital EP consists of re-recorded tracks from Workout Holiday, and each track was released over the first quarter of 2008. [3] All three tracks are available at the RCRD LBL website Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine .

Track listing

Workout Holiday

  1. "World As A Waiting Room" - 2:17
  2. "Look That Way At It" - 1:56
  3. "Sam #1.war" - 0:07
  4. "Goldielocks" - 1:53
  5. "All Truckers Roll" - 2:30
  6. "Shake Shake Shake" - 2:39
  7. "Paint Silver Gold" - 3:02
  8. "IEIEI" - 3:32
  9. "Let's Get Together" - 3:28

RCRD LBL EP

  1. "World As A Waiting Room" - 2:17
  2. "Paint Silver Gold" - 3:15
  3. "Goldie Locks" - 2:02

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References

  1. Austin Sound Blog, "New White Denim Tour Video and Mp3", austinsound.net, April 3, 2008.
  2. Max Michaels, "White Denim Release Debut Free Single on RCRD LBL Today", Movement Magazine, December 3, 2007.
  3. Eric Harvey, "Record Reviews: Let's Talk About It EP", Pitchfork Media, January 9, 2008.