''Remote'' is the second

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(EP) by American band

Wallows Wallows is an American alternative rock band based in Los Angeles composed of Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters, and Cole Preston. The band began releasing songs independently in April 2017, starting with "Pleaser", which reached number two o ...

. It was released on October 23, 2020, through

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. A deluxe version was released on February 19, 2021.

Background

Written and recorded during the

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, the band collaborated virtually through the entirety of the album's creation process:

Promotion

On September 9, 2020, Wallows released the EP's first single "Nobody Gets Me (Like You)". On October 2, 2020, the EP's second single "Virtual Aerobics" was released. A music video was released alongside each single the same day. On October 28, 2020, an animated music video for "Wish Me Luck" was released. On February 15, 2021, "Quarterback" was released as the third single and first off the deluxe edition of ''Remote''.

Track listing

Track listing adapted from the

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. All songs produced by

, John DeBold, and Sachi DeSarafino, except where noted. Note * indicates an additional producer * indicates a vocal producer

Personnel

Credits partially adapted from

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. Wallows *

Dylan Minnette Dylan Christopher Minnette (born December 29, 1996)Dylan Minnette
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– vocals , claps , acoustic guitar , synthesizer ,

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Braeden Lemasters Braeden Matthew Lemasters (born January 27, 1996) is an American musician and actor. He began his career as a child actor, receiving recognition for his role as Albert Tranelli in the TNT comedy-drama series ''Men of a Certain Age'' (2009–2011 ...

– piano , vocals , claps , guitar , synthesizer , electric guitar , bass guitar , engineer * Cole Preston – acoustic guitar , bass guitar , drum

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, drums , electric guitar , synthesizer , claps , guitar , vocals , additional programming , keyboards engineer Additional musicians * John DeBold – acoustic guitar , bass guitar , drum programming , electric guitar , claps , synthesizer * Sachi DiSarafino – acoustic guitar ,

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vocals , drum programming , piano , programming , synthesizer , claps , guitar , vocals , additional vocals , bass guitar * Ben Lumsdaine – samples * Albert Hammond Jr. – outro vocals *

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–

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, drum programming, synthesizer * Jared Solomon – banjo, bass synthesizer, drums,

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, guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals *

Remi Wolf Remi Francis Wolf (born February 2, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter from Palo Alto, California. As a senior in high school, she appeared as a contestant on ''American Idol'' in 2014. After completing her undergraduate music studies in ...

– percussion, vocals Technical *

Emily Lazar Emily B. Lazar is an American mastering engineer. She is the founder, president, and chief mastering engineer of The Lodge, an audio mastering facility that has operated in New York City's Greenwich Village since 1997. She won a Grammy Award for ...

– masterer * Caleb Laven – mixer * Nathan Phillips – mixer, masterer *

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– mixer * Chris Galland – mixing engineer * John DeBold –

* Sachi DiSarafino –engineer , additional engineer * Matt DiMona – engineer *

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– engineer * Chris Allgood – assistant masterer * Michael Fridmann – assistant mix engineer * Scott Desmarais– assistant mix engineer * Jeremie Inhaber – assistant mix engineer * Robin Florent – assistant mix engineer *

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– assistant mix engineer

Charts

References

2020 EPs Wallows albums Atlantic Records EPs {{ep-stub