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's first album, '' Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things'', as well as some live studio tracks recorded at

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in Evanston, Illinois. "Back of a Car" is a cover version of a song by

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, while " Erica's Word" is a cover version of a song by the Loud Family leader Scott Miller's earlier band,

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, leader of

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and a member of Game Theory in 1989 and 1990, plays bass guitar on "The Come On". The EP's title alludes to

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's poem The Second Coming, which ends with the lines "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" The Loud Family's use is a nod to both Scott Miller's literary interests and to the hometown of

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Track listing

#"Take Me Down" – 3:09 #"The Come On" – 3:23 #"Back of a Car" – 2:27 #"Slit My Wrists" (Live at WNUR-FM) – 2:52 #"Aerodeliria" (Live at WNUR-FM) – 3:05 #" Erica's Word" (Live in studio) – 4:04

Personnel

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- drums and percussion * Scott Miller - vocals and rhythm guitar * R. Dunbar Poor - bass guitar * Zachary Smith - lead guitar * Paul Wieneke - keyboards and backing vocals

References

{{Authority control 1993 EPs The Loud Family albums 1993 live albums Albums produced by Mitch Easter Live EPs Jangle pop EPs