Autumn Was a Lark is CD EP by the band Portastatic

Portastatic

Portastatic is an American indie rock band founded in the early 1990s by Mac McCaughan. Portastatic began as a solo project for McCaughan, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Superchunk...

. It was released on the Merge Records

Merge Records

Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...

 label in 2003.

The EP was recorded at Pox Studios in Durham, North Carolina after the touring version of Portastatic got off tour from the Summer of the Shark

Summer of the Shark (album)

Summer of the Shark is Portastatic's forth studio album. It was released on Merge Records 0n April 8, 2003. The album was recorded at the "home" of Mac McCaughan in North Carolina except for "Hey Salty" which was recorded by Jerry Kee at Duck Kee Studio in Mebane, North Carolina...

 tour. During the tour the band learned several cover songs to "keep [themselves] happy" while playing warm up gigs at a venue called "The Cave" in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. At the end of the tour they decided to record three of these cover songs for release on this EP. In addition to the cover songs they also recorded one new original song, "Autumn Got Dark" and a reworked "full band" version of "In The Lines" from Summer of the Shark

Summer of the Shark (album)

Summer of the Shark is Portastatic's forth studio album. It was released on Merge Records 0n April 8, 2003. The album was recorded at the "home" of Mac McCaughan in North Carolina except for "Hey Salty" which was recorded by Jerry Kee at Duck Kee Studio in Mebane, North Carolina...

.

In addition to the 5 songs that comprise the actual EP, the CD also includes eight bonus tracks taken from two separate radio sessions (one from WPRB in Princeton, New Jersey and one from WERS in Boston, Massachusetts).

Track listing

1. "Autumn Got Dark"
2. "Baby Blue" (Badfinger)
3. "Growin' Up" (Bruce Springsteen)
4. "In The Lines"
5. "One For The Road" (Ronnie Lane)
6. "Clay Cakes" *
7. "A Cunning Latch" *
8. "Bobby Jean" (Bruce Springsteen) *
9. "Don't Disappear" *
10. "You Know Where To Find Me" *
11. "Drill Me" **
12. "San Andreas" **
13. "Isn't That The Way" **

"*" – Bonus Track from WPRB, Princeton, NJ Radio Session.
"**" – Bonus Track from WERS, Boston, MA Radio Session.