Ephemeral (EP)

Ephemeral
EP by Pelican
Released	June 6, 2009
Recorded	February 2009, Red Room Studios, Seattle, Wa.
Genre	Post-metal
Length	20:46
Label	Southern Lord Records (LORD105)
Producer	Chris Common, Ed Brooks
Pelican chronology
PLCN/TAAS (2008) Ephemeral (2009) What We All Come to Need (2009)

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Ephemeral is the 2009 follow-up to the PLCN/TAAS split EP by American post-metal band Pelican. It is their first album to be released since signing to Southern Lord Records.^[2] The album consists of two previously unreleased songs in addition to a cover of "Geometry of Murder" by Earth featuring Earth guitarist Dylan Carlson.

The album was released on vinyl, and in CD format, although the CDs were limited to only 1,000 copies, and were sold only on Pelican's tour with Isis.^[2] After the tour, the remainder of the CDs were sold through Pelican's Web store, and through that of Southern Lord Records. Pelican announced through their myspace page that on the CD, the order of the first two songs had been reversed, although on the packaging, the order remained the same. On 24 October 2009, Pelican announced through their Facebook account that they would be re-printing the CD, in new packaging, and limited to 500 copies. The re-issue would only be available on their October/November 2009 tour.

Track listing

1. "Embedding the Moss" – 7:46
2. "Ephemeral" – 5:25
3. "Geometry of Murder (Earth cover)" – 7:38

Personnel

Band members

• Trevor de Brauw – guitar
• Bryan Herweg – bass
• Larry Herweg – drums
• Laurent Schroeder-Lebec – guitar

Other personnel

• Dylan Carlson – Guest guitar on "Geometry of Murder"
• Chris Common – Engineering and Mixing
• Ed Brooks – Mastering

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