Barrel of Batteries

2008 EP by The War on Drugs

Barrel of Batteries

EP by

The War on Drugs

Released

March 4, 2008

Genre

Indie rock, pop

Length

14:50

Language

English

Label

Secretly Canadian

The War on Drugs chronology

Barrel of Batteries
(2008)

Wagonwheel Blues
(2008)

Barrel of Batteries is the first EP released by American indie rock band The War on Drugs, released on March 4, 2008 on Secretly Canadian. The release featured five demos that the band was particularly drawn to.^[1] Upon its release, the band gave downloads of the EP away for free for a limited time.

The EP was recorded on lead singer Adam Granduciel's digital 8-track. His vocals have been described as "a modern Bruce Springsteen that had inherited Bob Dylan's vocal cadences as guitarist Kurt Vile sprinkled twinkling guitar around the edge."^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Adam Granduciel.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Set Yr Sights"	0:49
2.	"Arms Like Boulders"	5:27
3.	"Pushing Corn"	4:03
4.	"Toxic City #26"	0:19
5.	"Buenos Aires Beach"	3:29
6.	"Sweet Thing Reprise"	0:43

References

^ "The War on Drugs - Barrel of Batteries :: Secretly Canadian". Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
^ "DCist Interview: The War on Drugs: DCist". dcist.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2022.