Losing Feeling is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by Southern Californian noise rock outfit No Age

No Age

No Age is a two-person American indie rock group consisting of guitarist Randy Randall and drummer/vocalist Dean Allen Spunt. The band is based in Los Angeles and is currently signed to Sub Pop records...

 released by Sub Pop

Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

. It was made available for full streaming on August 5, 2009 and became available physically on October 6. The EP saw the band experimenting more with sample-based arrangements (created by looping heavily treated vocal or guitar parts) and electronic instrumentation. In comparison to their last effort Nouns

Nouns (album)

Nouns is the first LP by American experimental music duo No Age. It was recorded at Southern Studios in London. The album was leaked onto the internet on April 16, 2008 and subsequently released by Sub Pop on May 6, 2008...

, guitarist Randy Randall commented that the band were writing, "a little bit more left-field than some of the songs that were on the album." All of the songs that appear on the EP were written at the band's practice space, with "Genie" being recorded there.

Pre-orders from Insound

Insound

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 came with a zine made by the members of the band, which features lyrics, artwork, a copy of a letter Randy Randall

Randy Randall

Randy Randall is a guitarist in the band No Age. He was formerly in the band called Wives in which he played guitar and sang with No Age band member Dean Allen Spunt on bass and Jeremy Villalobos on drums. Randy Randall is vegan....

 wrote to Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

 guitarist Lee Ranaldo

Lee Ranaldo

Lee M. Ranaldo is an American singer, guitarist, writer, record producer, and visual artist, best known as a co-founder of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth...

 as a child (and the letter Lee wrote back), and newspaper photograph of Dean Allen Spunt

Dean Allen Spunt

Dean Allen Spunt is the drummer and vocalist in the California noise pop band No Age. He was formerly in the band called Wives, in which he played Bass primarily and sang with No Age band member Randy Randall on guitar and Jeremy Villalobos on drums. Spunt is vegan, as is Randall. -References:...

 getting arrested at a student protest. The zines shipped two months after the records as the band began to develop new projects including scoring a live soundtrack for the Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, film producer and screenwriter.- Biography :Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne...

-directed film, The Bear and a documentary on all-ages venues.

Gil Kenan

Gil Kenan

Gil Kenan is a British-American-Israeli film director. Kenan received his MFA degree from the UCLA Film School in 2002.-Life and career:...

directed a video for "Losing Feeling."

Track listing

1. "Losing Feeling" - 3:55
2. "Genie" - 3:25
3. "Aim At The Airport" - 3:17
4. "You're A Target" - 3:22