Russian Roulette (Ed Harcourt EP)

Russian Roulette EP is an EP by Ed Harcourt, released on 5 May 2009 worldwide by Dovecote Records. The EP was made available as a digital download-only release,^[1] and as a limited edition 512-megabyte USB stick in the shape of a bullet.^[2] The USB stick features album artwork, photos, and seven unreleased music videos. Official promo-only CDs were also released for radio promotion. The song "Caterpillar" was written by Ed about his newborn daughter Roxy, and the time she spent in an incubator shortly after her birth. Harcourt said, "It's the first song I've written about her. She was a little ill and we [Ed and his wife Gita] waited for her in the hospital for the chrysalis so we could take her home."^[3] The EP is also dedicated to her.^[4]

A music video was produced for the song "Black Feathers," which was directed by a "well-known British director who is contractually obliged to remain anonymous."^[5]

Track listing

"Russian Roulette" – 5:43
"Sour Milk, Motheaten Silk" – 3:57
"Black Feathers" – 3:31
"Caterpillar" – 4:10
"Creep Out of the Woodwork" – 4:08
"Girl With the One Track Mind" – 4:53

Notes

All songs written and produced by Ed Harcourt.
Recorded and mixed by Dave Lynch.
Recorded and mixed at Ed's Studio, ICC Studios, and Wapping Press Studios.
Drums on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 by Raife Burchell.
Backing vocals on track 3 by Gita Harcourt and Edie Langley.
Violin on tracks 2 and 5 by Gita Harcourt.
All other instruments played by Ed Harcourt.
Mastered by Miles Showell at Metropolis.
Dovecote Records #DCR 0022

References

↑ Amazon.com: Russian Roulette: MP3 Downloads: Ed Harcourt
↑ Russian Roulette EP Music - Dovecote Records Music - Online Store
↑ New Material: Ed Harcourt, Russian Roulette | Audioholic Media
↑ Says the liner notes of the promo CD's front insert
↑ Dailymotion - Ed Harcourt - Black Feathers Official Music Video

External links

Interview with Ed Harcourt: Paste Magazine

Ed Harcourt

Studio albums	Here Be Monsters (2001) From Every Sphere (2003) Strangers (2004) The Beautiful Lie (2006) Lustre (2010) Back Into The Woods (2013) Time of Dust (2014)

EPs	Maplewood Russian Roulette EP

Compilations	Elephant's Graveyard Until Tomorrow Then: The Best of Ed Harcourt

Singles	"Something in My Eye" "She Fell Into My Arms" "Apple of My Eye" "Still I Dream of It"/"The Ghosts Parade" "All of Your Days Will Be Blessed" "Watching the Sun Come Up" "This One's for You" "Born in the '70s" "Loneliness" "Visit from the Dead Dog" "Revolution in the Heart" "You Put a Spell on Me" "Do as I Say Not as I Do" "In My Time of Dust" "The Way That I Live"

Related articles	Discography Heavenly Records Dovecote Records Piano Wolf Recordings Mercury Prize nominees (2001)

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