Crack in the Wall

Crack in the Wall
EP by The Panics
Released	5 April 2004
Recorded	Summer 2003/2004 Kingdom Studio
Length	30.24
Label	littleBIGMAN Records
Producer	The Panics
The Panics chronology
A House on a Street in a Town I'm From (2003) Crack in the Wall (2004) Sleeps Like a Curse (2005)

Crack in the Wall is an EP by The Panics, released on April 5, 2004 by littleBIGMAN Records. The EP was recorded in the summer of 2003/2004 at Kingdom Studio (an old converted Masonic hall in Perth). The rear cover of the EP and inside photographs are of the band recording the EP, taken in the recording room of the studio, where the record was made.

"Cash" is the first single from the record and was written around the time of Johnny Cash's death, the title stuck from that period. "In Your Head" features Laffer's uncle, Richard Szewczyk, on the piano accordion during the middle of the song, with Freya Mengler lending backing vocals. This is only the second time that people outside the band have played on a Panics' song. At the end of "Close" you can hear the ambient sounds of outdoors and the kitchen area, where the band were waiting impatiently to add their parts to the track.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jae Laffer, Paul Otway, Drew Wootton, Myles Wootton and Julian Grigor.^[1]

1. "Southern" - 5:18
2. "Cash" - 4:15
3. "In Your Head" - 4:03
4. "Like an Aching Lung" - 4:07
5. "Lost in Green Eyes" - 3:30
6. "Close Enough Ain't Good Enough" - 5:08
7. "Crack in the Wall" - 4:01

Personnel

The Panics

• Jae Laffer - vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
• Drew Wootton - guitar
• Jules Douglas - guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, slide guitar
• Myles Wootton - drums, sampler, percussion, harmonica, programming
• Paul Otway - bass, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Freya Mengler - backing vocals ("In Your Head")
• Richard Szewczyk - piano accordion ("In Your Head")

References

1. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y. Retrieved 2008-04-08.