Beartooth EP
Encyclopedia
Beartooth EP is an album released by the Long Beach
, California
band, Boris Smile
. The album was released by Count Your Lucky Stars Records
in 2008.
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Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
band, Boris Smile
Boris Smile
Boris Smile was an indie-pop collective from Long Beach, California. Started in 2004 by leader A. Wesley Chung, the band's hallmark characteristic was its blend of singer-songwriter pop with orchestral arrangements. Their style is often compared to David Bazan, Page France, The Long Winters, and...
. The album was released by Count Your Lucky Stars Records
Count Your Lucky Stars Records
Count Your Lucky Stars Records is an independent record label based out of Fenton, Michigan. The label has released albums from bands such as Empire! Empire! , Annabel, Moving Mountains, Benton Falls, Into It. Over It. and Castevet...
in 2008.
Track listing
All songs written by A. Wesley Chung and Boris SmileBoris Smile
Boris Smile was an indie-pop collective from Long Beach, California. Started in 2004 by leader A. Wesley Chung, the band's hallmark characteristic was its blend of singer-songwriter pop with orchestral arrangements. Their style is often compared to David Bazan, Page France, The Long Winters, and...
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- "Beartooth (spooky version)" - 3:35
- "Hour of the Wolf" - 2:49
- "Tut Tut" - 5:54
- "Program me to Love" - 4:14
- "Books of Blank Pages" - 3:39
Personnel
- A. Wesley Chung vocals, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, percussion, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... - Abigail Davidson: vocals, percussion
- Amy Sundahl: vocals
- Avi Buffalo: electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, looperLooperLooper are a Scottish indie-pop band, fronted by Stuart David, former Belle and Sebastian bassist.The band formed in 1998 for a show at the Glasgow School of Art and released their first single "Impossible Things" on the Subpop label a few months later....
, vocals - Beth Balmer: violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is... - Doug Brown: bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Hannah Ellis: vocals
- Jessie Flasschoen; vocals
- Jonathan Holden: vocals
- Jon Palsgrove: drums, vocals
- Meagan Christy: trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Rebecca Coleman: vocals
- Ryan Smernoff: vocals
- Seth Shafer: keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
/synth, tubaTubaThe tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the... - Stevie Kugelberg: bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....