''Just Visiting'' is a two-part 2002 extended play series by Australian rock group, Cog. Besides vocals, it was recorded in the late 1990s. Guitar and drums were recorded at Stage Door Rehearsal Studio, in

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, while bass guitar was recorded by drummer

Lucius Borich Lucius Borich (born 1971) is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer for the band Cog (band), Cog, and previously the drummer in funk metal band Juice (Australian band), Juice and in The Hanging Tree (band), The Hanging Tree as well a ...

, at his home on a TASCAM 8-track portastudio, before

Luke Gower Luke Erin Gower is a member of the Australian progressive rock band Cog (1998–2010, 2016–present). He plays bass and sings background vocals. Gower's oldest brother, Flynn Gower, is their lead singer and guitarist. Gower and Flynn formed a ...

joined the band on bass guitar. These tracks served as demonstration recordings that had them booked for performance, and eventually signed to booking agent TPA, through

Owen Orford Owen Orford is an Australian booking agent and concert tour promoter. Orford transitioned from lead singer in Australian touring bands Finch, Contraband and Toys, to venue booker of Sydney venues The Astra Hotel, Bondi Beach and Sydney Cove Tave ...

. Frustrated at the lack of label interest, Orford, despite his lack of experience with record labels started his own to release the ''Just Visiting'' EPs, on Little Samurai Records. ''Just Visiting Part 1'' was issued on 21 January 2002 on the

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label, which peaked at No. 14 on the ARIA Heavy Rock & Metal Singles Chart. While ''Just Visiting Part 2'' appeared on 1 October in that year and reached No. 4 on the same component chart. On 18 August 2008 both parts of the series were released as a single album, remastered by Borich, as '' Just Visiting''. It contained all the tracks from both EPs, with a rearranged track listing and longer versions of "Moshiach", "Bondi", and "Paris, Texas" in place of the ones released on the EP.

Track listing

Part One

# "Moshiach" - 5:33 # "Bondi" - 3:33 # "1010011010" - 5:55 # "Moo" - 4:55 # "Holes" - 4:55

Part Two

# "Paris, Texas" - 4:18 # "Stretch" - 5:58 # "The Truth and Other Lies" - 5:13 # "Pseudo" - 5:22 # "Just Visiting" - 8:18

Re-release

# "Bondi" - 4:59 # "100011010" - 6:00 # "Pseudo" - 5:18 # "Moo" - 4:59 # "Stretch" - 5:58 # "The Truth and Other Lies" - 5:24 # "Holes" - 4:56 # "Moshiach" - 6:39 # "Paris, Texas" - 6:16 # "Just Visiting" - 8:19

Personnel

Cog

* Flynn Gower -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

& vocals * Lucius Borich -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

, backings & bits * Luke Gower - bottom end & backings

Players

Carla Werner Carla Werner is a singer and songwriter from New Zealand who began her music career at age 11. At age 12 she won the New Zealand Junior Entertainer of the Year for country music, and went on to win the junior category of New Zealand's first televis ...

- vocals on "The Truth and Other Lies" *

Flynn Gower Flynn Gower is an Australian vocalist, composer and guitarist, currently the frontman of The Occupants. He is best known as frontman of the rock band Cog, which disbanded in 2010. He was also a guitarist in now-defunct funk metal band The Han ...

, vocals *

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

, samples, backing vocals * Produced by Cog * Recorded by Cog, except vocals, recorded by Hamish Adam * Mixed by "Zak" and Cog * Mastered by Marsen Murad & Michael Macken

Charts

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References

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