Smiling Can Backfire was the first release by band Pistol Youth

Pistol Youth

Pistol Youth is a long distance Indie Brit Rock band formed in 2007 by Steriogram lead singer Brad Carter.-History:Pistol Youth was formed in 2007 by Steriogram frontman Brad Carter who admired the conception of Ben Gibbard’s The Postal Service so much it inspired him to start his own long distance...

, released in 2007.

To make the EP each member had to record their own parts of the song from where they were, then send them back to Brad Carter in Los Angeles where they were finally put together. Following the release, Carter invited the other members of Pistol Youth to come visit him in Los Angeles so they could finally meet each other and write music together in the same room. Three tracks from this EP were included on their first album, My Own Private Amsterdam

My Own Private Amsterdam

My Own Private Amsterdam is the first full-length album by Pistol Youth, released in 2010. Six of the thirteen tracks had already been featured in their first two EPs, Smiling Can Backfire and Every Eight Weeks....

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Track listing

1. "In My Eyes"
2. "Ramone"
3. "When I Go Out"
4. "Breathing"
5. "Central Park"
6. "Saved By a Fate Worse Than Destiny"