The Ex, 6.6 (12" EP)

Through 1991, the Ex released the "6" series of 7"s, but the final release became a 12" EP.  The 12" includes two tracks with drum machine rhythms that vaguely reference some of the commercial industrial/dance music of that era.  The primitive recording, however, continues to reference the Ex's punk aesthetic, not the more commercial style they're loosely emulating.  "Euroconfusion" on side A uses a more plodding drum machine and is very sparse musically, where the beat on side B's "Bird in the Hand" sounds more like an old organ's sidecar and the guitars fill space as is more typical for the Ex.  In some ways "Bird in the Hand" feels like a precursor to the sound of 2011's Catch My Shoe.  When people bought the 6 series, some of the elaborate series packaging was shipped with this 12".