''Scrapbook EP '' is a double 7-inch single and CD EP by the band

Portastatic Portastatic is an American indie rock band founded in the early 1990s as a solo project of Mac McCaughan, singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Superchunk. The project has since expanded into a full band, sometimes including Superchunk gui ...

. It was released on the

Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expande ...

label in 1995. "St. Elmo's Fire" is a Brian Eno cover. "Why Pinch Yourself" and "A Bear That Chokes" were previously released on '' Hello CD of the Month'' EP.

Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo (YLT; Spanish for "I have her") is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James M ...

appears on the EP.

Critical reception

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wrote that the EP "is the sort of work that sets a blueprint for things to come ... the record is fantastic in every respect." '' Spin'' called the version of "St. Elmo's Fire" a "stunner ... which sounds like a '70s country-rock tune piped into a truckstop diner in cyberspace."

Track listing

Double 7": Side A: # "St. Elmo's Fire" Side B: # "Why Pinch Yourself" Side C: # "A Bear That Chokes" Side D: # "My Favourite Sound" CD EP: # "St. Elmo's Fire" # "Why Pinch Yourself" # "A Bear That Chokes" # "My Favourite Sound"

Personnel

Mac McCaughan Ralph Lee "Mac" McCaughan (; born July 12, 1967) is an American musician and record label owner, based in North Carolina. His main musical projects have been Superchunk since 1989 and Portastatic since the early 1990s. In 1989 he founded the in ...

Georgia Hubley Georgia Hubley is an American percussionist, vocalist, and visual artist. She is one of the two founding members of the indie rock band Yo La Tengo, and is married to the group's other founding member, guitarist/vocalist Ira Kaplan, with whom ...

"St. Elmo's Fire" *

Ira Kaplan Ira Kaplan (born January 7, 1957) is a co-founder, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter in the American indie rock band Yo La Tengo. He is married to the band's co-founder Georgia Hubley. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Kaplan formed Yo La T ...

"St. Elmo's Fire"

References

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