''Take Cover'' is the debut

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band the

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. It was released on October 13, 2017. The EP features 5

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, a redone version of "Saturday Night" (from

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's '' Give the Drummer Some'') and a new track "Won't Be Coming Back". Its

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version is limited to 1000 copies and released on red vinyl.

Release and promotion

On February 28, 2014, it was revealed on the band's official

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page, that the band had begun writing and recording new material. On April 28, 2015,

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announced that Transplants are almost finished with the recording of several cover songs. He released a list with song titles including songs by bands like

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. On January 19, 2017, Barker confirmed that Transplants will be releasing a covers album. On June 6, 2017, the band posted "Friday the 13th. October 2017." on their Facebook page, which leads to rumors this might be the date for the release of the announced record. On July 29, 2017, the band announced on their Facebook page that the new record will be released on October 13, 2017. It will be an EP named ''Take Cover''. The announcement was repeated on September 22. On October 6, 2017, Transplants announced the track list for ''Take Cover''.

Track listing

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Personnel

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– vocals, guitar, producer * Rob "Skinhead Rob" Aston – vocals, producer, artwork & layout *

– drums, percussion, producer *

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– keyboards, bass, guitar, melodica, engineering & mixing * Gene Grimaldi – mastering * Kevin Wolff – layout, management * Mattesyn Wyatt – layout * Mark Machado – logos

Release history

Charts

References

External links

* {{Transplants (band) 2017 debut EPs Epitaph Records EPs Transplants (band) albums Albums produced by Travis Barker Albums produced by Tim Armstrong