Walls (EP)

Walls
EP by The Red Paintings
Released	23 May 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Experimental/alternative rock, orchestral art rock
Length	33:56
Label	Sony BMG
Producer	The Red Paintings
The Red Paintings chronology
The Virgin Mary Australian Tour Acoustic/Strings Album (2005) Walls (2005) Destroy the Robots (2006)

Walls is the fifth overall release and fourth EP by the Brisbane band The Red Paintings. Released in Australia on 23 May 2005, it is considered their first major breakthrough, and was received with praise and favourable reviews.

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Sputnikmusic	[1]

Walls was very well received by Sputnikmusic, and featured in their "Staff Picks" list. Staff reveiver Jom praised the band for producing "arguably the most remarkable EP of 2005" and summarised the album as a "phenomenal EP that defines The Red Paintings' stellar musicianship".^[1]

The Sydney Morning Herald's Bernard Zuel, described the EP as "psychedelia the way it's meant to be" and likened them to The Decemberists and the Arcade Fire.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Walls" – 3:03
2. "The Streets Fell Into My Window" – 5:37
3. "Dead Adults" – 7:02
4. "Mad World" – 4:52
5. "Portrait of a Dead Soul" – 4:27
6. "Walls" (alternate ending) – 4:22
7. "Signals from the Frontier" – 4:42

Personnel

• Trash McSweeny – guitar, vocals, samples
• Ellen Stancombe – violin, backing vocals
• Wayne Jennings – cello, backing vocals
• Josh Engelking – drums, percussion
• Bo Whitton – bass

Notes

1. Jom. "Walls EP Review". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
2. Bernard Zuel (8 July 2005). "Walls EP Review". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2009-07-08.