"This is one of the most important hip-hop EPs in years... Live Evel has seven whole tracks, equal to about half the tracklisting from his long-awaited debut full-length "The Failure." The album is well worth your time, but this EP has a lot of the best parts from it.

“The Crow on the Riddle” is a downtempo track with a drunk telling riddles to a computer. That one acts as a concept for the full record, with a man removed from society and only an inhuman voice to keep him company, but it’s the only taste you get here. Showing his spiritual side, “Joan of Arcadia” paints the martyred French savior as a sexually ecstatic warrior poet with a dildo made of Jesus’ cross, sluggishly motivated by a lagging, popping electronic beat. Dolan’s ability to get in the heads of his lyrical subjects is enchanting and otherworldly at all times. This makes Live Evel a work of art in the best sense of the term." -Alan Ranta, PopMatters

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Originally released by Strange Famous in 2007 as a 12" EP, to introduce B. Dolan to indie record stores ahead of his debut LP "The Failure". This EP featured many of the forthcoming album's highlights, including some samples and extended pieces that were later cut and only appear here.

"The Crowd on the Riddle" features an extended outtro featuring Evel Knievel speaking on mortality. "Love Will Survive" also contains an extended outtro that was later cut from the LP due to sample clearance concerns.

This EP also marks the first collaboratoin between B. Dolan & Alias, which would lead to their follow up record "Fallen House, Sunken City" coming together as a follow-up.

Physical copies of the EP can be ordered from Strange Famous Records:
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Side A:
1) The Skycycle Blues (prod. by Kurtis SP)
2) Heart Failure (prod. by Alias, ft. Sage Francis)
3) Crow On The Riddle (ft. Between The Pine on music and vocals)

Side B:
4) Joan Of Arcadia
5) Still Electric (prod. by Reanimator)
6) Love Will Survive (prod. by Russel Fong)
7) Heart Failure (Instrumental, prod. by Alias)