Wednesday, February 20, 2019

The National: The Virginia EP (2008)

I'm not sure why they call this an EP, since it has twelve tracks. Some are demos and some of live tracks, so maybe that's the thinking. This is how Wikipedia describes it:
The Virginia EP is an EP and compilation album by American indie rock band The National, released on May 20, 2008 on Beggars Banquet Records. The release includes b-sides, demo recordings and live recordings relating to the band's fourth studio album, Boxer (2007). The CD version of the release includes a DVD featuring the documentary film A Skin, A Night by filmmaker Vincent Moon. A vinyl edition of The Virginia EP was issued in January, 2013. [source]
The pressing quality of this piece of yellow and black splattered vinyl leaves something to be desired. From Discogs: "This is not an exceptional pressing, neither a terrible one...", "The sound is kind of average...", and "The quality of the pressing doesn't seem great.." Wow, Discogs users sure like ellipses...

On the other hand, there is a surprising Springsteen cover on this release.

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