Old Wives Tales is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

  by Joy Electric

Joy Electric

Joy Electric is the brand label for a series of electropop/synth pop productions by Ronnie Martin. Martin began producing music under the Joy Electric name in 1994, after the demise of Dance House Children, a band Ronnie was in with his brother Jason Martin of Starflyer 59. Starflyer 59 bass player...

. Like most of Joy Electric's EPs, Old Wives Tales sports a much more simplistic and minimal style then on the majority of the full-length discs. This is mainly due to Martin having less spare time because of touring and being generally fatigued from the intense recording process as well as an intentional break from the norm into a lighter, more spontaneous style of recording. Along with two remixes of songs from "We Are the Music Makers", this EP contains another version of "Candy Cane Carriage", originally found on "Melody", Joy Electric's first album.

Track listing

1. "The Cobbler" – 3:11
2. "And It Feels Like Old Times" – 3:52
3. "Burgundy Years (Remix)" – 4:19
4. "Old Wives Tales" – 3:04
5. "Marigoldeness" – 2:18
6. "The Golden Age" – 2:05
7. "Candy Cane Carriage (Lost in the Forest)" – 2:17
8. "I Beam, You Beam (Remix)" – 3:47