Travel Is Dangerous 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 Glaswegian

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 post-rock

Post-rock

Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...

 band Mogwai

Mogwai

The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon".-Mogwai/Mogui in Chinese culture:...

. The dog

Dog

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 on the cover of the EP is called Princess, and belongs to Stuart Braithwaite

Stuart Braithwaite

Stuart Leslie Braithwaite is a Scottish guitarist, bassist, drummer, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the guitarist of post rock band Mogwai, with whom he has recorded seven studio albums.-Early life :...

 and his wife, Grainne.

The song "Travel Is Dangerous" is one of the few Mogwai songs to have lyrics, and also appears as track #4 on their 2006 album Mr. Beast. It is speculated that this song is about the sinking of the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk

Russian submarine K-141 Kursk

K-141 Kursk was an Oscar-II class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy, lost with all hands when it sank in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000...

 in the Barents Sea

Barents Sea

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 on August 12, 2000.

Track listing

1. "Travel Is Dangerous" – 4:03
2. "Auto Rock
   Auto Rock
   "Auto Rock" is a song by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai that appears as the first track on their album Mr. Beast.-Musical structure:The song is built around a piano riff played by Barry Burns, and march-like drums, which slowly builds in volume and intensity...
   
   " (Errors remix) – 4:05
3. "Friend of the Night
   Friend of the Night
   "Friend of the Night" is a song by Glaswegian post-rock band, Mogwai from their 2006 album, Mr. Beast. It was released as a single on 30 January 2006, and became the first Mogwai single to reach the UK top 40 singles chart, peaking at #38.-Track listing:...
   
   " (Acid Casuals remix) – 5:53
4. "Like Herod
   Like Herod
   "Like Herod" is a song by Scottish post-rock Mogwai from their 1997 debut studio album, Mogwai Young Team, written by Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, John Cummings and Martin Bulloch. As well as being a fan-favourite, the song is a live staple, and an extreme display of Mogwai's quiet/loud...
   
   " (Recorded live at Unit, Tokyo, Japan, 25 January 2006) – 12:30
5. "We're No Here
   We're No Here
   "We're No Here" is a song by Glaswegian Post-rock band, Mogwai.-Overview:It is one of the more basic, heavier, rock-oriented songs from Mr...
   
   " (Recorded live at Unit, Tokyo, Japan, 24 January 2006) – 6:42

Tracks 4 and 5 were mixed by John Cummings.