Beat Happening/Screaming Trees

Beat Happening/Screaming Trees is an EP and a one-off collaboration between Beat Happening (from Olympia, Washington) and Screaming Trees (from Ellensburg, Washington). The 12-inch EP was originally released on Homestead Records in 1988, and it was later reissued as part of Beat Happening's box set Crashing Through in 2002. The journal of Kurt Cobain contains a draft of a letter sent to Mark Lanegan, in which he described "Polly Pereguinn" as his favorite pop song of the 1980s.

Beat Happening/Screaming Trees
EP by
ReleasedApril 1988
RecordedJuly 1987, New World Video, Ellensburg, Washington
GenreAlternative rock
Length12:27
LabelK/Homestead HMS110-1
ProducerSteve Fisk
Beat Happening and Screaming Trees chronology
Even If and Especially When
(1987)
Beat Happening/Screaming Trees
(1988)
Invisible Lantern
(1988)
Professional ratings
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SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[2]

The album itself was recorded in the back room of the Conner's family video store, New World Video, which was also used as a practice space for the Screaming Trees.

Track listing

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  1. "Sea Babies"
  2. "Tales of Brave Aphrodite"
  3. "Polly Pereguinn"
  4. "I Dig You"

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References

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  1. ^ "Beat Happening/Screaming Trees - Beat Happening". Allmusic.
  2. ^ Azzerad, Michael (1995). "Screaming Trees". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 343–344. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.