This is an 11 song, nearly hour-long "EP" by the great Cascadian slackers with the lisping front man. The first 3 songs are on Building Nothing Out of Something and the fourth is on This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About. The fifth song, a 7 minute mini-epic ("Edit the Sad Parts"), appeared on the vinyl version of This is a Long Drive but not the CD (that vinyl issue also has a song which is physically unique to it in the MM catalog -- "A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy" -- which can be streamed obviously and is a fine song). The remaining 6 tracks here are apparently "bonus tracks" classed together under the rubric "Live in Sunburst Montana," a move which I suppose has the effect of reflexively categorizing the first five songs as the conceptualized "EP." Anyway, "Live in Sunburst Montana" is apparently the band's first demo, recorded (in one take?) in the front man's garage in Issaquah, Washington. Hence the name. The demo's 6 tracks go like this: one is a repeat of "Edit the Sad Parts" (perhaps a different version); "Broke" and "Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In (Positive Negative)" are also on Building Nothing; "Novocain Stain" and "Beach Side Property" are also on This is a Long Drive; and "Buttons to Push the Button" (another fine song) was the B side of a single with "White Lies, Yellow Teeth" (also a fine song). So net-net this offers the MM aficionado "Edit the Sad Parts" (in perhaps two versions) and "Buttons to Push the Buttons." Bought it anyway, and somehow writing this blog post has caused me to realize that their EP Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks is essential MM.
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