Chinese Football (May 28th, 2015 EP) cover art

EP · 2015-05-28

Chinese Football (debut EP)

Debut EP — a separate record from the self-titled album, not a duplicate

Months before the self-titled album, the band released their debut EP in May 2015 — also self-titled — with "400 Meters" and "Blind Men and an Elephant," plus instrumental versions. It predates the September album by four months and is a wholly separate record despite sharing a title.

Bandcamp's own description of the EP is a single line — "the 1st EP of Wuhan Emo/Indie rock band Chinese Football." Two of its four tracks, "400 Meters" and "Blind Men and an Elephant," would reappear on the September album; the other two are instrumental versions of those same songs, making the EP read less like a standalone tracklist and more like an early test run ahead of the album proper.

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