''In the Fishtank 5 '' is a 1999 EP by

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with The Ex as part of the

In the Fishtank In the Fishtank was a series of EPs released by Konkurrent, an independent music distributor in the Netherlands. For the project, Konkurrent invited one or two bands to record and gave them two days studio time. The first four releases were record ...

project.

Reception

Heather Phares of ''

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'' gave the album a mixed review, writing that the "six-song EP ..sometimes blends the bands' divergent styles into a harmonious hybrid, and other times falls victim to stylistic clashes." He particularly singled out the track "Central Heating" as a "noisy, acquired taste". Mark Richardson of '' Pitchfork'' called the pairing of the bands "a little odd" and the resulting album "strange and probably pointless in the long run", but wrote that it "does make for a relatively intriguing listen." He noted that "on the bulk of the EP, it seems as though the Ex side of the equation presides."

Track listing

# "The Lawn of the Limp" – 4:03 # "Pooh Song (Christopher Robin's Nightbear)" – 4:57 # "Central Heating" – 2:19 # "Pleasure as Usual" – 5:03 # "Did You Comb?" – 2:09 # "Huge Hidden Spaces" – 4:12

References

External links

Konkurrent
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