Kicking a Couple Around
Kicking a Couple Around | ||||
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EP by Smog | ||||
Released | April 29, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1994-1996 | |||
Genre | Lo-fi | |||
Length | 19:46 | |||
Label | Drag City (U.S.) Domino (France, Germany, UK) | |||
Producer | Mike Engles, Steve Albini | |||
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Kicking a Couple Around is an EP by Bill Callahan (also known as Smog).[2][3][4] It was released on Drag City in April 1996 and re-released in Europe on Domino in 2001. "Your New Friend" was recorded during a 1995 John Peel radio session. "Back in School," "I Break Horses," and "The Orange Glow of a Stranger's Living Room" were recorded by Steve Albini.[2]
In an interview, Callahan said that "I Break Horses" was written "to help a friend try to understand how a guy she had a one-night stand with could possibly not return her phone calls the next day or ever again."[5]
Critical reception[]
Trouser Press praised “The Orange Glow of a Stranger’s Living Room,” writing that it "lets some lovely picking and piano pierce the warm gloom of [Smog's] abiding displacement."[2] The Washington Post called the EP "four delicate, downbeat songs that have a trad-country mournfulness."[6]
Track listing[]
- "Your New Friend" – 6:51
- "Back in School" – 4:40
- "I Break Horses" – 4:44
- "The Orange Glow of a Stranger's Living Room" – 3:26
References[]
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Smog". Trouser Press. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "The quiet Americans". The Independent. April 19, 1996.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (July 21, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Interviews: Bill Callahan". Pitchfork. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (May 17, 1996). "PALACE'S BEAUTY" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- 1996 EPs
- Smog (band) EPs
- Drag City (record label) EPs
- Domino Recording Company EPs