Title - Crack (2025 Remastered)
Artist - Ex Norwegian
For those not in the know, Crack is Ex Norwegian’s happy accident — a 2013 digital spark that caught fire and kept burning.
Some albums are meticulously planned; others catch lightning in a bottle. Ex Norwegian’s Crack is firmly in the latter — a beautiful accident that proves sometimes the best recipes are written on the fly.
And so what started as a humble digital release for Limited Fanfare Records in 2013, and one chock full of music that has grew into experimental pop sounds that stick — unscripted, unpolished, unstoppable - is now expanded here some 12 years later with Zach Ziskin’s crisp mixes and Prof.
Stoned’s magic touch, these tracks hit harder than ever. Proof that the best plans are no plans at all — just pure, electric instinct.
Born for Limited Fanfare Records, this scrappy gem turns chaos into gold with sunlit swagger (Aventura), glam-rock bite (Full Time Lover), and a sly wink (Bibi Kan Werk It).
1.
Your Own Swing (2025 Remix) [3:07]
2.
Bibi Kan Werk It (2025 Remaster) [3:30]
3.
Aventura (2025 Remaster) [2:40]
4.
I’m A Fighter, Not A Lover (2025 Remaster) [3:27]
5.
Page To (2025 Remix) [3:38]
6.
Full Time Lover (2025 Remaster) [2:49]
7.
Say What You Want (2025 Remaster) [2:45]
8.
Some Misery (2025 Remix) [2:47]
9.
The Faces Demo Heads (2025 Remaster) [2:48]
10.
Done (2025 Remix) [2:47]
11.
Have A Coffee On Us (2025 Remix) [2:20]
12.
Have In Mind (2025 Remaster) [4:15]
13.
Something Unreal (2012 Single Version) [2025 Remaster] [2:25]
14.
Lydia (2025 Remaster) [2:59]
15.
With Or Without You’re Mind (2025 Remix) [2:43]
16.
Bibi Kan Werk It (Alternate Version) (2025 Remaster) [3:01]
17.
Tavistock Rock (2025 Remaster) [3:21]
18.
Holidaymaker (2025 Remaster) [2:24]
19.
It’s Just Like A Girl (2025 Remaster) [2:51]
20.
Lzith 2012 (2025 Remaster) [1:55]
This little album that could, winning hearts with its devil-may-care charm and unexpected hooks opens on the melodically jangly Your Own Swing (Remix), the brilliant Bibi Kan Werk It (Remaster) and the drum-led beauty Aventura (Remaster), and then we get brought forth the atmospherically-charged guitar piece I’m A Fighter, Not A Lover (Remaster), the indie pop sensibilities that drive Page To (Remix), an aching yearn that flows within Full Time Lover (Remaster), before we are gifted with the guitar flare that is Say What You Want (Remaster), the rhythmic wonderment of Some Misery (Remix), the free flowing The Faces Demo Heads (Remaster) and the 70’s-esque Done (Remix).
Jam packed with fresh mixes by Zach Ziskin that will make your speakers do a double-take, along with a host of bonus tracks from the era (like finding extra presents under the Christmas tree), this musical adventure continues joyfully onward with the bass-led rocker Have A Coffee On Us (Remix), the jangly guitars are back for Have In Mind (Remaster) and the driven Something Unreal (2012 Single Version) (Remaster), and they are indeed backed seamlessly by the jaunty Lydia (Remaster), the all-embracing With Or Without You’re Mind (Remix) an excellently restructured Bibi Kan Werk It (Alternate Version / Remaster), the new extended set now rounding out on the guitar fest that is Tavistock Rock (Remaster), the vibed Holidaymaker (Remaster), closing on the indie pop feel to It’s Just Like A Girl (Remaster) and the vibrant Lzith 2012 (Remaster).
Official Purchase Link
www.exnorwegian.com
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