The Living EP is the debut recording by

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band,

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, and was released on July 10, 2007 by

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Records. Produced by

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( Goldfinger) it is a "perfect blend of stuck-in-your-head choruses and smooth melodies". "Living" is the prelude to Josephine Collective's debut album, '' We Are the Air''.

Reception

Melodic Net's Kaj Roth stated the EP "features 4 strong tracks in the emo vein, the songs are well crafted and the big budget production helps a lot because then they can compete with

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and

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on the charts." In an article for ''

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'', lead singer, Dillon Devoe, said "It's a song that I really love. It's a song I've played a million times and the story behind that one is don't do drugs. So many people think that's what rock 'n' roll's about. You have to escape from your everyday because you don't get to live it the way you want to, and the only real escape is to be happy with who you are and where you are all of the time."

Track listing

#"Living" - 3:14 #"Lye" - 2:57 #"Crack My Heart" - 3:49 #"We Killed the American Dream" - 3:39

References

{{Reflist 2007 EPs