Crack in the Wall

Crack in the Wall
EP by The Panics
Released 5 April 2004
Recorded Summer 2003/2004
Kingdom Studio
Length 30.24
Label littleBIGMAN Records
Producer The Panics
The Panics chronology
A House on a Street in a Town I'm From
(2003)
Crack in the Wall
(2004)
Sleeps Like a Curse
(2005)
Professional ratings
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Sputnik Music[1]

Crack in the Wall is an EP by The Panics, released on April 5, 2004 by littleBIGMAN Records.[2] The EP was recorded in the summer of 2003/2004 at Kingdom Studio (an old converted Masonic hall in Perth).[3] The rear cover of the EP and inside photographs are of the band recording the EP, taken in the recording room of the studio, where the record was made.

"Cash" is the first single from the record and was written around the time of Johnny Cash's death, the title stuck from that period.[4] "In Your Head" features Laffer's uncle, Richard Szewczyk, on the piano accordion during the middle of the song, with Freya Mengler lending backing vocals. This is only the second time that people outside the band have played on a Panics' song. At the end of "Close" you can hear the ambient sounds of outdoors and the kitchen area, where the band were waiting impatiently to add their parts to the track.

On the strength of the album The Panics were personally selected by Grandaddy as their support act on that band's national tour of Australia.[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jae Laffer, Paul Otway, Drew Wootton, Myles Wootton and Julian Grigor.[6]. 

Crack in the Wall
No. Title Length
1. "Southern"   5:18
2. "Cash"   4:15
3. "In Your Head"   4:03
4. "Like an Aching Lung"   4:07
5. "Lost in Green Eyes"   3:30
6. "Close Enough Ain't Good Enough"   5:08
7. "Crack in the Wall"   4:01

Personnel

The Panics

Additional musicians

References

  1. "The Panics - Crack in the Wall". Sputnik Music. 16 July 2005. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. "Crack in the Wall - The Panics". AllMusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. Brabazon, Tara (2005). Liverpool of the South Seas: Perth and its Popular Music. UWA Press. p. 187. ISBN 1920694307.
  4. McMillen, Andrew (27 April 2012). "Storytellers: The Panics". Mess+Noise. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  5. Eliezer, Christie (18 May 2004). "The Panics". In Music & Media. TheMusic.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  6. "'Crack in the Wall' at APRA search engine". APRA. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
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