''Ephemeral'' is the fourth EP by American

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. It was their first recording to be released after signing with

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. The album consists of two previously unreleased songs in addition to a cover of "Geometry of Murder" by

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featuring Earth guitarist Dylan Carlson. The album was released on vinyl, and in CD format, although the CDs were limited to only 1,000 copies, and were sold only on Pelican's tour with

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. After the tour, the remainder of the CDs were sold through Pelican's Web store, and through that of

. Pelican announced through their myspace page that on the CD, the order of the first two songs had been reversed, although on the packaging, the order remained the same. On 24 October 2009, Pelican announced through their

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account that they would be re-printing the CD, in new packaging, and limited to 500 copies. The re-issue would only be available on their October/November 2009 tour. The title track later appeared on ''

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'', released a few months after.

Track listing

# "Embedding the Moss" – 7:46 # "Ephemeral" – 5:25 # "Geometry of Murder (

cover)" – 7:38

Personnel

Band members

*Trevor de Brauw –

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*Bryan Herweg –

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*Larry Herweg –

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*Laurent Schroeder-Lebec – guitar

Other personnel

*Dylan Carlson – Guest guitar on "Geometry of Murder" *Chris Common – Engineering and Mixing *Ed Brooks – Mastering

References

Pelican (band) albums 2009 EPs Southern Lord Records EPs {{2000s-metal-album-stub