Released January 25, 2011 Artist The Ex Label Ex Records | Recorded March 22–24, 2010 Release date 25 January 2011 | |
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Producer Steve Albini, Bob Weston, The Ex Catch My Shoe
(2011) Y'Anbessaw Tezeta
(2012) Genres Punk rock, Experimental music Similar Too Many Cowboys, Disturbing Domestic Peace, History Is What's Happening, Turn, Dizzy Spells | ||
The ex catch my shoe full album
Catch My Shoe is an album by Dutch anarchist band The Ex. It is the band's first record after the departure of their original vocalist G.W. Sok and features Arnold de Boer, from the band Zea, on vocals, guitar and keyboard. It is also the band's first album recorded without a bass player and has The Ex's two other guitarists trading off duties on lower pitched six-string baritone guitars. Two songs contain overdubbed brass lines recorded by Sicilian jazz trumpeteer Roy Paci.
Contents
- The ex catch my shoe full album
- Episode 270 the ex catch my shoe
- Track listing
- Single and out takes
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
On Catch My Shoe The Ex couple scratchy punk tunes with a display of their love for African music. One track features a guitar line from a 1950s Ugandan harp player, and another is a cover of a song that the band found on a cassette by Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed.
Episode 270 the ex catch my shoe
Track listing
- "Maybe I Was the Pilot" 5:36
- "Double Order" 6:20
- "Cold Weather is Back" 6:32
- "Bicycle Illusion" 6:48
- "Eoleyo" 5:45
- "Tree Float" 5:53
- "Keep On Walking" 6:05
- "Life Whining" 3:23
- "24 Problems" 7:05
Single and out takes
An alternate version of "Maybe I Was the Pilot" was released as a single without Roy Paci's trumpet work, backed with the non-album track "Our Leaky Homes". An alternate take of "Double Order" was released as a download on The Ex's website in 2009.
Personnel
Songs
1Maybe I Was the Pilot5:36
2Double Order6:22
3Cold Weather Is Back6:33