Distractions is the third release on Fat Wreck Chords

Fat Wreck Chords

Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by Fat Mike and his ex-wife, Erin, in 1990....

 by punk

Punk rock

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 band The Loved Ones

The Loved Ones (American band)

The Loved Ones is a punk band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in late 2003, the band currently consists of Dave Hause , David Walsh , Chris Gonzalez , and Mike Sneeringer...

. It is an EP

Extended play

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 that consists of three original songs and three covers. The covers are "Johnny 99

Johnny 99

Johnny 99 is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1983. It is notable for including two covers of Bruce Springsteen songs, "Highway Patrolman" and "Johnny 99". "I'm Ragged But I'm Right," a George Jones song, was a minor hit, reaching No. 75...

" by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...

 from his 1982 solo album Nebraska

Nebraska (album)

-Themes:The album begins with "Nebraska", a first-person narrative based on the true story of 19-year-old spree killer Charles Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, and ends with "Reason to Believe", a complex narrative that renders its title phrase into contemptuous sarcasm...

, "Lovers Town Revisited" from Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg

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's 1983 album Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy

Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy

Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy is Billy Bragg's first studio album, released in 1983.The original album played at 45 rpm rather than the more usual 33.3 rpm, contained only seven songs and lasted for only 15 minutes and 57 seconds...

, and "Coma Girl" by Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer

John Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...

 and The Mescaleros

The Mescaleros

The Mescaleros were the backing band for Joe Strummer, formed in 1999, which went on to make three albums prior to Strummer's death in 2002. Many of the band members were gifted multi-instrumentalists...

 from their 2003 album Streetcore

Streetcore

-Cover versions of songs:The song "Coma Girl" was performed as the opening number at Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's performance at the Glastonbury Festival on June 27, 2009....

.
"Spy Diddley" and "Lovers Town Revisited" are taken from the band's Keep Your Heart

Keep Your Heart

Keep Your Heart is the full length debut by the punk rock band The Loved Ones. It was released on February 21, 2006 by Fat Wreck Chords. Among the 13 tracks on the album, one, "100K", originally appeared on their EP, The Loved Ones from the year before and two, "Jane" and "Arsenic" originally...

album sessions.

The track "Distracted" was released on the band's MySpace

MySpace

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 page on January 24, 2009.

Track listing

Credits

• Dave Hause
  Dave Hause
  Dave Hause, born David Andrew Hause, March 12, 1978 is an American singer-songwriter that has played in multiple Philadelphia, PA area punk and hardcore bands. He currently performs solo as well as sings and plays guitar in The Loved Ones.-Music and career:...
  
   – vocals, guitar
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• Chris Gonzalez – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals, guitar
• Mike Sneeringer – drums
  Drum kit
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• David Walsh – guitar
• Michael "Spider" Cotterman – bass (on tracks 3 and 5)
• Franz Nicolay
  Franz Nicolay
  Franz Nicolay is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer currently based in Brooklyn, New York. He is perhaps best known for playing the accordion and the piano in The World/Inferno Friendship Society and playing keyboards in The Hold Steady from 2005 to 2010...
  
   – organ
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  , piano
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