Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-BARK-211IE

Colour

Yellow

Colour details

Canary Yellow

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Indie Exclusive

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-11-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

655173221112

Total Cap

Yellow LP

Artist

Benjamin Gibbard

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Barsuk Records

Newest Listed Items

The fifth and final volume of the early-’00s Home series of short split albums is getting its first North American vinyl release.

The album, originally released in 2003, features exclusive, stripped-down recordings by two artists closely associated with Barsuk – Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service) and Andrew Kenny (The American Analog Set, The Wooden Birds).

This CANARY YELLOW indie-store exclusive color variant is limited to 1700 copies worldwide, and features beautiful artwork borrowed from the album’s only previous – and long out-of-print – vinyl pressing (a 2005 European pressing on beloved German imprint Morr Music).

Some background: Austin, TX indie label Post-Parlo started the Home series in 2000, including short contributions from such varied artists as Kind of Like Spitting, Britt Daniel (Spoon), Bright Eyes, Pavo and Super XX Man. The Gibbard/Kenny installment (originally titled Home Vol. 5) came out during a prolific era for both writers: The American Analog Set had released the classic Know By Heart album in 2001 and followed it in 2003 with the acclaimed Promise of Love, while Gibbard’s profile was rising significantly via the critical and
commercial success of The Postal Service’s Give Up and Death Cab’s Transatlanticism.

Kenny and Gibbard took a simple approach for their entry into the series, recording on cassette four-track machines in their respective living rooms in New York and Seattle and each performing four exclusive stripped-down tracks (including a cover of one of the other’s songs – Kenny choosing a rendition of Death Cab’s “Line of Best Fit” and Gibbard delivering his version of AmAnSet’s “Choir Vandals”).

Home EP

Music US

Discover Home EP by Benjamin Gibbard. Limited edition vinyl release featuring exclusive stripped-down recordings. Barsuk Records. LP format.