It will be the first time the album will be available for purchase as a stand-alone CD, which will feature an insert from original producer Mitch Easter
REM are set to reissue their 1982 debut EP ‘Chronic Town’ in August to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
The band’s first EP contained five songs – ‘Wolves, Lower’, ‘Gardening At Night’, ‘Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)’, ‘1,000,000’ and ‘Stumble’ – and was originally released on 24 August 1982 as a supplement to of their 1981 debut single ‘Radio Free Europe’.
‘Chronic Town’ will be released on CD, picture disc and cassette on August 19 via IRS/Ume.
It will be the first time the album will be available for purchase as a stand-alone CD, which will feature an insert from original producer Mitch Easter.
““Chronic Town” is the sound of a restless band full of ideas, operating on a post-college budget“, says a press release for the EP.
In September last year, REM frontman Michael Stipe confirmed the band would never reunite, insisting their 2011 split was permanent.
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