The Baseball Project - Volume 2: High and Inside [Transparent Green vinyl]

Cat. no: LPYEP2219C
Format: LP Transparent Green vinyl
Barcode: 634457069121
Release Date: 24 Mar 2023
Genre: Indie

Following the success of the outft's frst album Vol 1: Frozen Ropes & Dying Quails -- the band performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, was featured in the ofcial World Series Program and Sports Illustrated among others -- baseball's sardonic rock chroniclers are back with Volume 2: High and Inside, an even more detailed look at the stories behind the stories of America's Favorite Pastime

Their second season fnds band members Steve Wynn (The Miracle 3, The Dream Syndicate), Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows, R.E.M.), Linda Pitmon (The Miracle 3, Golden Smog) and Peter Buck (R.E.M.) drilling down even deeper into the Byzantine, lore- laden annals of baseball history. Volume 2 also includes guests spots by Craig Finn of The Hold Steady, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan, as well as Chris Funk and John Moen of The Decemberists, dispelling any fears of a sophomore slump. Pressed on Transparent Green color vinyl.

Tracks: 1976 / Panda And The Freak / Fair Weather Fans / Don't Call Them Twinkies / Chin Music / Buckner's Bolero / Tony (Boston's Chosen Son) / Ichiro Goes To The Moon / The Straw that Stirs the Drink / Look Out Mom / Pete Rose Way / Twilight of My Career / Here Lies Carl Mays