Mintunes
Encyclopedia
Mintunes is an EP
by Portland
-based New Zealand
band The Mint Chicks
. Released as a free download on Christmas 2008, it contained "8-bit" versions of two previously released songs as well as 4 would appear on the Mint Chicks' upcoming album Screens
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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 Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
-based New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
band The Mint Chicks
The Mint Chicks
The Mint Chicks were an experimental noise rock/power pop group originally from Auckland, New Zealand, who relocated to Portland, Oregon, USA in 2007...
. Released as a free download on Christmas 2008, it contained "8-bit" versions of two previously released songs as well as 4 would appear on the Mint Chicks' upcoming album Screens
Screens
Screens is the third studio album from Portland, Oregon-based "troublegum" group The Mint Chicks and thus far the only Mint Chicks release not to feature bassist Michael Logie. It was released on March 16, 2009 in New Zealand, The Mint Chicks' homeland on Flying Nun Records...
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Track listing
- "What A Way" - 2:25
- "Screens" - 2:37
- "Anti-tiger" - 3:13
- "Red, White or Blue" - 3:28
- "I Can't Stop Being Foolish" - 2:55
- "Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!" - 1:58