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Reason EP
Rock · 2003 · 7 tracks

Reason EP

A raw, piano-driven snapshot of a band finding their voice. Intimate, melancholic, and far less polished than the stadium-sized anthems that followed.

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It's the raw, unpolished version of the piano-rock sound that eventually took over the world.

A fragile, earnest search for connection through rhythmic piano and vulnerable vocals.

Reason EP · vs · The Fray
Stripped Back+1.4σ

The production is pushed notably harder into stripped back than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks
01
Together
2:24
02
Some Trust
2:54
03
Vienna
3:50
04
Without Reason
3:33
05
City Hall
3:01
06
Oceans Away
3:59
07
Unsaid
3:04
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the piano chords in 'Vienna' feel heavier and more urgent than the later studio version.
The raw, unpolished vocal break in 'Oceans Away' that reveals a younger, hungrier version of Slade's voice.
The rhythmic, almost percussive piano driving 'Together' that sets the template for their future radio hits.
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