The Meow Bits is the fourth official release from antifolk music group Elastic No-No Band

Elastic No-No Band

Elastic No-No Band is a musical group based in New York City's anti-folk scene. Started in the mid-2000s, the band's name was initially just a pseudonym for its current leader and main songwriter, Justin Remer. Since 2005, Elastic No-No Band has also included pianist Herb Scher and...

 and their first 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...

. It is issued only as a digital download

Music download

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It is their first official release to contain cover songs, including a song originated by The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...

 and a song by The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

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Some of the songs on the EP are intended to show up on Elastic No-No Band's next album, tentatively titled Fustercluck!!!

Fustercluck!!!

Fustercluck!!! is the sixth official release from antifolk music group Elastic No-No Band, their second studio album, and their first double album...

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Track listing

1. "Emotional Tourism"
2. "I'd Love Just Once to See You"
3. "I Want to Hold Your Hand
   I Want to Hold Your Hand
   "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded in October 1963, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track equipment....
   
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4. "Suffering From 7"
5. "Hangover Dial"

Elastic No-No Band

• Justin Remer
• Toby Goodshank
  Toby Goodshank
  Toby Goodshank is a musician and visual artist based out of New York City. In addition to his solo work, he performs regularly with New York City-based bands Double Deuce, the Tri-Lambs, and the Christian Pirate Puppets.-Biography:...
  
   - Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , Singing
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , Meows on "I'd Love Just Once To See You"
• Major Matt Mason USA
  Major Matt Mason USA
  Major Matt Mason USA is the performing name of Matt Roth, a New York City-based musician and record producer, is active in the Anti-folk and DIY music scene of New York's East Village....
  
   - Finger-snaps
  Snap (fingers)
  Snapping one's fingers is the act of creating a cracking/clicking sound with one's fingers. Primarily this is done by building tension between the thumb and another finger and then moving the other finger forcefully downward so it hits the palm of the same hand at a high speed...
  
   on "Emotional Tourism"
• Preston Spurlock - Bass
  Bass guitar
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   on "Emotional Tourism"

Songwriters

• Tracks 1, 4, 5 written by Justin Remer
• Track 2 written by Brian Wilson
  Brian Wilson
  Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
  
   and Mike Love
  Mike Love
  Michael Edward "Mike" Love is an American singer/songwriter and musician with The Beach Boys. He was a founding member of the band along with his cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and their friend Al Jardine, and continues to perform with the band to the present day...
  
  
• Track 3 written by Lennon/McCartney
  Lennon/McCartney
  The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...