Remote (EP)
{{Infobox album
| name = Remote
| type = EP
| artist = Wallows
| cover = Wallows - Remote.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2020|10|23}}
| recorded = 2020
| genre = {{hlist|Indie pop|electropop|indie rock}}
| length = 16:30
| label = Atlantic
| producer =
| prev_title = Nothing Happens
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = Tell Me That It's Over
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Remote
| type = EP
| single1 = Nobody Gets Me (Like You)
| single1date = September 9, 2020
| single2 = Virtual Aerobics
| single2date = October 2, 2020
| single3 = Wish Me Luck
| single3date = October 23, 2020
}}
}}
Remote is the second extended play (EP) by American band Wallows. It was released on October 23, 2020, through Atlantic Records.{{Cite magazine|date=2020-09-09|title=Wallows Announce 'Remote' EP, Finally Attend Schaefer's Party in New Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/wallows-remote-ep-nobody-gets-me-video-1054420/|accessdate=September 10, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite web|date=September 10, 2020|title=Wallows announce new quarantine-made EP, 'Remote'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/wallows-announce-new-quarantine-made-ep-remote-2749488|accessdate=September 10, 2020|website=NME}} A deluxe version was released on February 19, 2021.
Background
Written and recorded during the COVID-19 lockdowns, the band collaborated virtually through the entirety of the album's creation process:{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/feature/wallows-remote-ep-interview-october-2020|title=Wallows: "We wanted to separate ['Remote'] as much as we could from 2020"|website=DIY|last=Watson|first=Elly|date=October 23, 2020|access-date=April 13, 2024}}
{{blockquote|Remote is a special project for us. We finished it all without seeing each other in person by sending each other voice memos and spending hours chatting on FaceTime. Though the lyrics don't reflect on or reference our time staying at home, the music wouldn't have turned out the way it did if not for quarantine.}}
Promotion
On September 9, 2020, Wallows released the EP's first single "Nobody Gets Me (Like You)".{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=October 9, 2020|title=Wallows Announce 'Remote' EP Out October 23|url=https://press.atlanticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Wallows-Remote-EP-announce-PR-99-.docx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210603/https://press.atlanticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Wallows-Remote-EP-announce-PR-99-.docx|archive-date=October 28, 2020|access-date=October 28, 2020|website=Atlantic Record Press}} On October 2, 2020, the EP's second single "Virtual Aerobics" was released.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=October 2, 2020|title=Wallows Break A Sweat Doing "Virtual Aerobics"|url=https://press.atlanticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Wallows-Virtual-Aerobics-PR-102.docx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031082945/https://press.atlanticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Wallows-Virtual-Aerobics-PR-102.docx|archive-date=October 31, 2020|access-date=October 28, 2020|website=Atlantic Record Press}} A music video was released alongside each single the same day. On October 28, 2020, an animated music video for "Wish Me Luck" was released.{{Cite web|date=October 28, 2020|title=Wallows – Wish Me Luck (Official Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN2J7ezPGT0|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 28, 2020|website=YouTube}} On February 15, 2021, "Quarterback" was released as the third single and first off the deluxe edition of Remote.{{Cite tweet |author=Wallows |user=wallowsmusic |number=1361007801372348416 |title=new song, “Quarterback”, from ‘Remote (Deluxe)’, out tomorrow at 9am PT. happy valentine’s dayRed heart}}
Track listing
Track listing adapted from the Apple Music.{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/remote-ep/1530629793|title=Remote - EP by Wallows|website=Apple Music|accessdate=September 10, 2020}} All songs produced by Wallows, John DeBold, and Sachi DeSarafino, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| headline = Remote track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 16:30
| title1 = Virtual Aerobics
| writer1 = {{hlist|Dylan Minnette|Braeden Lemasters|Cole Preston|John DeBold|Sachi DeSarafino}}
| length1 = 2:02
| title2 = Dig What You Dug
| writer2 = {{hlist|Minnette|Lemasters|Preston|DeSarafino}}
| length2 = 2:57
| title3 = Nobody Gets Me (Like You)
| writer3 = {{hlist|Minnette|Lemasters|Preston|DeBold|DeSarafino}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|DeBold|DeSarafino|Ariel Rechtshaid}}
| length3 = 2:37
| title4 = Coastlines
| writer4 = {{hlist|Minnette|Lemasters|Preston|Cole Marsden Greif-Neill}}
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = Talk Like That
| writer5 = {{hlist|Minnette|Lemasters|Preston|DeSarafino}}
| length5 = 2:00
| title6 = Wish Me Luck
| writer6 = {{hlist|Minnette|Lemasters|Preston|DeSarafino|Lydia Night|Lars Stalfors}}
| length6 = 3:45
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Deluxe edition
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title7 = On Time
| writer7 =
| extra7 =
| length7 = 2:49
| title8 = Quarterback
| writer8 =
| extra8 =
| length8 = 3:00
| title9 = Another Story
| writer9 =
| extra9 = Wallows
| length9 = 1:42
| title10 = OK
| note10 = with Remi Wolf and Solomonophonic
| writer10 = {{hlist|Minnette|Lemasters|Preston|Remi Wolf|Jared Paul Solomon}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|DeBold|DeSarafino|Wolf|Solomon|John Hill}}
| length10 = 2:42
| title11 = OK
| writer11 = {{hlist|Minnette|Lemasters|Preston}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|DeSarafino|Hill|DeBold{{ref|a|[a]}}|Rob Cohen{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length11 = 3:13
}}
Note
- {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} indicates an additional producer
- {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} indicates a vocal producer
Personnel
Credits partially adapted from Tidal.{{cite web |title=Credits / Remote (Deluxe) / Wallows |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/172402482/credits |date=October 23, 2020 |publisher=Tidal |accessdate=February 19, 2021}}
Wallows
- Dylan Minnette – vocals {{small|(all tracks)}}, claps {{small|(3)}}, acoustic guitar {{small|(5, 7–9)}}, synthesizer {{small|(10, 11)}}, engineer {{small|(1, 2, 4–9)}}
- Braeden Lemasters – piano {{small|(1)}}, vocals {{small|(2, 3, 5–9)}}, claps {{small|(3)}}, guitar {{small|(3, 5–9)}}, synthesizer {{small|(3, 5, 7–9)}}, electric guitar {{small|(6, 9, 11)}}, bass guitar {{small|(11)}}, engineer {{small|(1, 2, 4–9)}}
- Cole Preston – acoustic guitar {{small|(1, 3)}}, bass guitar {{small|(2, 3, 5, 7–10)}}, drum programming {{small|(2, 10, 11)}}, drums {{small|(2, 3, 11)}}, electric guitar {{small|(2, 4, 6, 9, 11)}}, synthesizer {{small|(2, 10, 11)}}, claps {{small|(3)}}, guitar {{small|(6–9)}}, vocals {{small|(7, 8)}}, additional programming {{small|(10, 11)}}, keyboards {{small|(11)}} engineer {{small|(1, 2, 4–9)}}
Additional musicians
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- John DeBold – acoustic guitar {{small|(1)}}, bass guitar {{small|(1, 2, 4, 5, 7–9)}}, drum programming {{small|(1, 2, 4–10)}}, electric guitar {{small|(1, 2, 6, 7)}}, claps {{small|(3)}}, synthesizer {{small|(3, 4, 6, 7)}}
- Sachi DiSarafino – acoustic guitar {{small|(1)}}, ad lib vocals {{small|(1)}}, drum programming {{small|(1, 4–10)}}, piano {{small|(1)}}, programming {{small|(2)}}, synthesizer {{small|(2–4, 6, 7, 10, 11)}}, claps {{small|(3)}}, guitar {{small|(3–5, 7–9)}}, vocals {{small|(3)}}, additional vocals {{small |(5, 7–9)}}, bass guitar {{small|(6)}}
- Ben Lumsdaine – samples {{small|(2)}}
- Albert Hammond Jr. – outro vocals {{small|(3)}}
- Ariel Rechtshaid – autoharp, drum programming, synthesizer {{small|(4)}}
- Jared Solomon – banjo, bass synthesizer, drums, glockenspiel, guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals {{small|(10)}}
- Remi Wolf – percussion, vocals {{small|(10)}}
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Technical
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- Emily Lazar – masterer {{small|(1–9)}}
- Caleb Laven – mixer {{small|(1–9)}}
- Nathan Phillips – mixer, masterer {{small|(10)}}
- Manny Marroquin – mixer {{small|(11)}}
- Chris Galland – mixing engineer {{small|(11)}}
- John DeBold – engineer {{small |(1–9)}}
- Sachi DiSarafino –engineer {{small|(1, 2, 4–9)}}, additional engineer {{small|(11)}}
- Matt DiMona – engineer {{small|(3)}}
- Rob Cohen – engineer {{small|(11)}}
- Chris Allgood – assistant masterer {{small|(1–9)}}
- Michael Fridmann – assistant mix engineer {{small|(1–9)}}
- Scott Desmarais– assistant mix engineer {{small|(11)}}
- Jeremie Inhaber – assistant mix engineer {{small|(11)}}
- Robin Florent – assistant mix engineer {{small|(11)}}
- Joe LaPorta – assistant mix engineer {{small|(11)}}
{{div col end}}
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for Remote |
scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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{{album chart|Billboard200|129|artist=Wallows|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 3, 2020}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRock|23|artist=Wallows|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 3, 2020}} |
References
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