Red Star is a 2008 digital-only 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 Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Kevin Cadogan and Stephan Jenkins signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. The band's lineup...

 released in anticipation of their fourth studio album Ursa Major

Ursa Major (album)

Ursa Major is the fourth studio album from American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind. Released on August 18, 2009 on the group's own Mega Collider label, Ursa Major was the group's first studio album in over six years...

. Previews of the songs on the EP were posted to the band's myspace

Myspace

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 page on November 12, 2008, and it was released officially on November 18, 2008 through all major digital music outlets. Also released with the EP was a music video for "Non-Dairy Creamer" featuring Third Eye Blind's recent Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 tour.

Track listing

1. "Non-Dairy Creamer" (Tony Fredianelli, Stephan Jenkins
   Stephan Jenkins
   Stephan Douglas Jenkins , is an American musician best known as the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Third Eye Blind. Under Jenkins's leadership, Third Eye Blind has sold over eight million copies of four albums: Third Eye Blind , Blue , Out of the Vein , and Ursa Major...
   
   ) - 4:26
2. "Red Star" (Jenkins, Arion Salazar
   Arion Salazar
   Arion Salazar is the former bassist for Third Eye Blind. Salazar was considered to be the most connected with the fans through the internet out of all the band members. He was previously in the Fremont, California band, Fungo Mungo.Salazar also played in a sessions band called Bullmark...
   
   ) - 4:00
3. "Why Can't You Be? (Live)" (Jenkins) - 5:41