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Monday, February 25, 2019

Higher Than The Stars EP



RELEASED
Sept. 2009, Slumberland (U.S.)
Oct. 6, 2009, Fortuna Pop! (Europe)
Jan. 20, 2010, Fastcut (Japan)

SONGS (12" Version)
Higher Than The Stars
103
Falling Over
Twins

REMIXES
Higher Than The Stars (Saint Etienne Vists Lord Spank Remix)
Higher Than The Stars (Others In Conversation Remix)
Falling Over (DJ Downfall Sprechenbann Mix)

BONUS TRACKS

PERSONNEL
Kip Berman - Vocals, Guitar
Alex Nadius - Bass
Peggy Wang - Keyboards, Vocals
Kurt Feldman - Drums

Danny Taylor - Production, Engineering
Archie Moore - Mixing
Rob Kirwan - Additional Mixing
Jon Chaikin - Mastering
Kendra Rutledge - Photography

Recorded Spring 2009 at Fortune Factory Studios, Brooklyn.
Mixed at Clean Cuts, Washington, D.C.
Mastered at Nonstop Sound.

NOTES
An EP released in several versions, each with a different assortment of B-sides and remixes. released in the same calendar year as the debut album, this EP includes 103 - a very early song - alongside newer compositions.

The recordings were recorded by Danny Taylor, a name familiar from the pre-Pains band Jackie. Though the band would immediately go on to work with big-name producers, Kip has spoken in interviews about how Taylor's production worked well for the band and allowed them to craft a successful, lasting track in Higher Than The Stars.

That title track has remained in the band's set after 2009, and may be considered one of Pains' low-key masterpieces. The other songs on the single were played for shorter spans and retired after the Belong era and introduction of the new flexible band lineup.

QUOTES
Kip to Von Ruhm: "A song that always gives me goosebumps when we do it live is a song from an EP between our first and second albums called Higher Than The Stars. And even though the recording of it isn't that great, the song itself gives me chills when we still play it, and I think about it."
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