Fate to Fatal

EP by The Breeders

Released

April 21, 2009

Genre

Alternative rock

Length

14:48

Label

Period Music (U.S.)

Producer

Ben Mumphrey, Steve Albini, Gareth Parton

The Breeders chronology

Mountain Battles
(2008)

Fate to Fatal
(2009)

Fate to Fatal is an EP by the American alternative rock band the Breeders, released on Period Music, on April 21, 2009. It was recorded in three different locations by multiple engineers: the title track was recorded at the Fortress Studios, London with producer Gareth Parton; "The Last Time", which features lead vocals by Mark Lanegan, and "Pinnacle Hollow" were recorded by Ben Mumphrey in Dayton, OH; "Chances Are", a cover of a Bob Marley song, was recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.

The Breeders released their fourth studio album, Mountain Battles, in the spring of 2008, and the Deals continued writing new songs. Near the end of their 2008 tour, they were in the United Kingdom, and decided to record the new composition "Fate to Fatal" at Fortress Studios in London. The song took about two days to record and mix, including time spent moving their musical equipment into the studio and setting up. The engineer was Gareth Parton, with assistants Tom Morris and Nick Trepka.

Later, the Breeders found out that they would be curating the All Tomorrow's Parties music festival—held on May 15, 2009 in Minehead, United Kingdom. They had been playing their Mountain Battles material for several months, and decided that it would be nice to have new songs to perform. Their first thought was to put out one or two songs on a single, but subsequently decided to release an EP instead. They had three original compositions that they wanted to release, but felt that this would be too short for an EP, so they decided to also do a cover of Bob Marley's "Chances Are". They recorded this at Electrical Audio in Chicago, with engineer Steve Albini and assistants Dominique D'Amico and Gregoire Yeche.

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