''Rebel and the Reason'' is the first
extended play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...
(EP) by British-Australian recording artist
Reece Mastin
Reece John Phillip Mastin (born 24 November 1994) is an English-born Australian singer and songwriter who won the The X Factor (Australia season 3), third season of ''The X Factor (Australian TV series), The X Factor Australia'' in 2011. Mastin ...
, released through Social Family Records on 1 May 2015. The five-track EP contains the single of the same name and four new tracks.
The EP was described as ‘an edgier, rock-laden new sound’ lying dormant in Reece. Mastin said, "I can definitely say that this is completely 100% me and I couldn't be happier with how it's turned out."
Release and reception
The EP was then released both
digitally and
physically on 1 May 2015.
Aneta Grulichova of TheMusic.com.au awarded ''Rebel and the Reason'' three-and-a-half stars out of five and said "Aussie rocker Reece Mastin is back and better than ever… replacing his chatty pop songs with a more mature indie-rock sound".
Track listing
Charts
Credits
*Backing vocals –
Gary Pinto
Gary Pinto is an Australian singer, songwriter and musician and was the lead singer of dance group, CDB.
Early life
Gary Pinto is an Australian musician of Anglo-Indian descent. His parents were from Chennai and members of a minority Christia ...
, Joel Cangy, Mitch Rodgers, Ruby Rodgers
*Backing vocals, percussion –
Mahalia Barnes
Mahalia Violet Barnes (born 12 July 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Scottish-Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes and Jane Mahoney. She began performing as part of children's pop group The Tin Lids with siblings, Eli ...
*Drums – Warren Trout
*Guitar – Franco Raggatt
*Additional instrumentation, additional production – Ben Rodgers, Jean-Paul Fung, Mitch Rodgers
*Keyboards, bass, guitar – Ben Rodgers
Release history
References
2015 debut EPs
EPs by Australian artists
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