''The Bird and the Bee Sides'' is a

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by the American band Relient K. In the United States it was released on July 1, 2008. The double EP was released on a single disc, containing both ''The Nashville Tennis EP'' and ''The Bird and the Bee Sides''. ''The Nashville Tennis EP'' (whose title is a

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) includes 13 tracks of new material that allowed the band to explore their sound by channeling

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influences, as well as feature compositions by band members other than Thiessen and Hoopes. ''The Bird and the Bee Sides'' is a collection of rarities or unreleased demos from earlier in the band's career. The collection debuted at No. 25 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with approximately 20,000 albums sold.

Track listing

''The Nashville Tennis EP''

''The Bird and the Bee Sides''

Personnel

Relient K *

Matt Thiessen Matthew Arnold Thiessen (born August 12, 1980) is a Canadian-American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer known for being co-founder, lead singer, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for the Christian rock band Relient K. Wit ...

- lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, co-producer *

Matt Hoopes Matthew "Matt" Ryan Hoopes is an American musician, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, most known as the lead guitarist of Relient K. Hoopes has played lead guitar and provided backing vocals for Relient K since 1998 and is one of two constant ...

- lead guitar, backing vocals * Brian Pittman - bass (pre-2004 tracks) * Dave Douglas - drums, backing vocals (pre-2008 tracks) *

John Warne John Warne is an American musician who has been active since 1996. He is best known for being the bassist for the Christian rock band Relient K as well as being a founding member of the Christian punk band Ace Troubleshooter. His hometown is ...

- bass, backing vocals (2005-2008 tracks) *

Jon Schneck Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio, by Matt Thiessen, Matt Hoopes, and Brian Pittman Board Message during the band members' third year in high school and their time at Malone University. The band is named a ...

- rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2005-2008 tracks) *

Ethan Luck Ethan John Luck is an American musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist and photographer who has played in several bands, most prominently, the ska band The O.C. Supertones, Demon Hunter, Kings of Leon, Morgan Wade, and pop punk band Relient ...

- drums (2008 tracks) Additional production *

Mark Lee Townsend Mark Lee Townsend is an American multi-instrumentalist and record producer best known as guitarist for the Christian rock band dc Talk and as the long-time producer for Christian rock band Relient K. Townsend's career started as a member, s ...

- producer *Brett Schoneman (formerly of Philmore) - drums (track 16, 20 & 21) *Lane Johnson - drums (on "Where Do I Go (Acoustic)") *Tobin Hyman - A&R coordination *Sara Marienthal - A&R coordination *Mike Condo - production coordination *Davy Baysinger (formerly of Bleach) - artwork

Bonus material

Those who pre-ordered ''The Bird and the Bee Sides'' received two "instant song downloads" ("Up and Up" and "The Lining Is Silver"), a Relient K and Gotee Records sticker pack, and a collector's-edition postcard.

Online scavenger hunt

Relient K held an online scavenger hunt for tracks that were cut from ''The Bird and the Bee Sides''. The clues lead to "Hope For Every Fallen Man", "Where Do I Go (Acoustic)", and "Between You and Me". Two more songs are intended to be released some time for the scavenger hunt, and were announced to be the demo of "I'm Lion-O" from the band's 1998 demo album '' All Work & No Play'' and the unreleased demo of " Sadie Hawkins Dance".

References

External links

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