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Something for Kate

Something for Kate are a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Hyndman and bassist Stephanie Ashworth...

's fifth studio album, released on 1 June 2006. "Cigarettes and Suitcases" was the first single to be released, followed later by "Oh Kamikaze". The third single "California" and its 3 b-sides were originally planned and released as an itunes exclusive only. However a few months later the band gave away CD pressings of this single to attendees of their two concerts at the Corner Hotel, Melbourne. The first 250 people through the door each night received a CD.

Track listing

1. "California"
2. "Down the Garden Path"
3. "Cigarettes and Suitcases"
4. "This Is the Life for Me"
5. "A Fool's History Pt.1"
6. "Oh Kamikaze"
7. "Impossible"
8. "Transparanoia"
9. "Statues"
10. "Washed out to Sea"

Bonus Bootleg Disc (from the limited edition 2 cd version)

1. "Three Dimensions" (Live at the Zoo)
2. "Hawaiian Robots" (Live at the Zoo)
3. "Prick" (Live at the Zoo)
4. "Pinstripe" (Live at the Zoo)
5. "Déjà Vu" (Live at the Zoo)
6. "Born to Run"

Live tracks are taken from two concerts at The Zoo, in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane on 20 and 21 May 2006.

Band members

• Paul Dempsey
  Paul Dempsey
  Paul Dempsey is the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of Australian rock group Something for Kate. Paul was a founding member of the band, and in August 2009 released his first solo album, Everything Is True whilst continuing his work with Something for Kate...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Clint Hyndman - drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
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  , backing vocals
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• Stephanie Ashworth
  Stephanie Ashworth
  Stephanie Ashworth is bass guitarist for Australian band Something for Kate. She joined the band, according to her in an interview "sometime in 1997 or 1998, I can't remember" replacing Toby Ralph...
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , backing vocals
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Additional personnel

• Mike Garson
  Mike Garson
  Mike Garson is an American pianist, most notable for his work with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Billy Corgan, Free Flight, and The Smashing Pumpkins.- Early career :...
  
   - piano
  Piano
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   on "Washed Out To Sea"
• Pete Yorn
  Pete Yorn
  Peter Joseph Yorn is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who first gained international recognition after his debut record, Musicforthemorningafter, was released to critical acclaim in 2001.-Early history:Yorn's father is a dentist and his mother is a former concert pianist who worked as a...
  
   - backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
   on "California"
• Brad Wood
  Brad Wood
  Brad Wood is a record producer from Rockford, Illinois. He served as a drummer for the band Shrimp Boat. Brad records, mixes and produces records and is based in Los Angeles, California. He began his career in earnest in 1988 with the construction of Idful Music Corporation- a recording studio in...
  
   - backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Jaye Ellah - backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Chick Molverton - backing vocals
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