Where bought? I have to come clean and say that I stole this from an old housemate. Well. Borrowed from his room and never gave back. I didn't intend to keep it but it was in my possession when he moved out in a hurry to start up a business with his partner.
My former housemate literally never contacted me again, nor did I know a way to get back in touch and haven't seen him since then (2006-ish?). I've been in his places of business and never seen him in there, either. Life does not want him to have his copy of Extended Play Two back, and frankly, he can afford to replace it if he does.
I mostly pilfered it because the final track - 'Drums on Fire' - sounded really great for DJing. It's basically one of the first songs that began the whole revival of krautrock/kosmiche that hasn't really waned since (and why not; those propulsive grooves and gently progressive harmonies are quite the thing). No one seemed to appreciate me playing it as much as I did (many complaints to the effect of 'is this just drumming?') but hey ho.
The whole EP is very good and typical of Broadcast in its simplicity and generosity married with intelligence and originality of expression. Trish Keenan had such a lovely voice and - fuck it, I'm going to go class warrior here - it is so sad that one of the few breakthrough artists of this century in guitar/indie/experimental who was 100% brought up poor/working class has passed when she had not said everything she had to say.
'Unchanging Window' here is a little different to the version on The Noise Made By People, and maybe I didn't like 'A Man for Atlantis' that much, but other than that this is sweet, sorrowful, life-giving Broadcast giving EP tracks that kill most bands' singles.
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