''Up and Crumbling'' is an EP released by the American

alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...

band Gin Blossoms on October 8, 1991. It was released after the Gin Blossoms signed with

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and, while attempting to create a full-length album, ran into a creative drought during the recording sessions. According to the band's official website, the band recorded ''Up and Crumbling'' "on their own in hopes of rekindling the spark from '' Dusted'' that had been missing from the recent recordings." " Allison Road" was released as a single to promote the EP. The songs from this EP were remastered and included on the 2002 deluxe edition of the band's breakthrough album, '' New Miserable Experience''.

Track listing

#"Mrs. Rita" (Jim Swafford, Jesse Valenzuela) – 4:25 #" Allison Road" ( Robin Wilson) – 3:18 #"Angels Tonight" (

Doug Hopkins Douglas Owen Hopkins (April 11, 1961 – December 5, 1993) was an American musician and songwriter. He co-founded Gin Blossoms, a popular modern rock band of the early 1990s, with Richard Taylor. He was the band's lead guitarist and princip ...

) – 3:33 #"Just South of Nowhere" (Valenzuela) – 3:26 #"Keli Richards" (Hopkins, Bill Leen) – 3:04

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Up And Crumbling Gin Blossoms EPs 1991 debut EPs A&M Records EPs