Shock Me (EP) explained

Shock Me
Type:ep
Artist:Red House Painters
Cover:Shock Me EP.jpg
Released:February 28, 1994
Recorded:1993
Studio:Coast Recorders and Razor's Edge, San Francisco, California
Genre:Slowcore, folk rock
Length:20:10
Language:English
Label:4AD[1]
Producer:Mark Kozelek
Prev Title:Red House Painters
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Ocean Beach
Next Year:1995

Shock Me is an EP by American slowcore band Red House Painters.[2] [3] It was released in the UK only in 1994 on CD and 12" vinyl by record label 4AD.

Recording

Shock Me was recorded and mixed at Coast Recorders, San Francisco in 1993. Additional recording took place at Razor's Edge, also in San Francisco.

Content

The EP contains two versions of the song "Shock Me," a Kiss cover.[2] The EP went out of print shortly after its initial release. The tracks later surfaced on the reissued edition of Red House Painters (Bridge), released in 1999.

The "untitled instrumental" hidden track is actually an instrumental version of "A Million + 8 Things", a song from the early Red House Painters demo tapes originally recorded sometime between 1989 and 1992. A version of the song containing its original lyrics has never seen an official release.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The official website for independent record label 4AD.. 4AD.
  2. Web site: Red House Painters . Trouser Press . 22 August 2020.
  3. Web site: Red House Painters' Box Set Albums to Be Reissued Separately. exclaim.ca.