| Kicking a Couple Around | ||||
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| EP by Smog | ||||
| Released | April 29, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1994-1996 | |||
| Genre | Lo-fi | |||
| Length | 19:46 | |||
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Drag City (U.S.) Domino (France, Germany, UK) |
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| Producer | Mike Engles, Steve Albini | |||
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Kicking a Couple Around is the third EP by Bill Callahan (also known as Smog), released on Drag City in April 1996 and re-released in Europe on Domino in 2001. "Your New Friend" was originally recorded during a 1994 John Peel radio session. "Back in School", "I Break Horses" and "The Orange Glow of a Stranger's Living Room" were recorded by Steve Albini.
In an interview, Callahan said that "I Break Horses" was written "to help a friend try to understand how a guy she had a one-night stand with could possibly not return her phone calls the next day or ever again."