''The Elle King EP'' is an EP by singer-songwriter

Elle King Tanner Elle Schneider (born July 3, 1989), known professionally as Elle King, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Her musical style was influenced by Country music, country, Rock music, rock and blues. In 2012, King released her d ...

, her debut release, released June 12, 2012. The song "Playing for Keeps" was used as the theme song for ''

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''. The second song that King wrote on the banjo, "Good to Be a Man" was the song that got King signed with

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. King mixed up various styles on the songs on her EP, from a defiant growl to mournful to lascivious. She doesn't believe that "people listen to albums as a kind of whole, cohesive record anymore, anyway." She thinks that "the one thing that ties through all my different sounds is my voice, and I think we're all just trying to figure out how to tie everything around that."

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *

: vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar Production *Chris Chris DeStefano: Producer, mixing (track 1) *Andy Baldwin: Producer (track 2), mixing (track 4) *Stephen Marcussen: mastering

References

2012 debut EPs Elle King albums RCA Records albums {{Ep-stub