Strings (EP)

All songs written by Kristin Hersh except where noted.

1. "Beestung" - 3:09
2. "A Loon" (strings version) - 4:25
3. "Sundrops" (strings version) - 4:11
4. "Me and My Charms" (strings version) - 4:31
5. "Velvet Days" (strings version) - 3:44
6. "The Key" - 3:36
7. "Uncle June and Aunt Kiyoti" - 2:33 (Kristin Hersh and W.J. Hersh)
8. "When the Levee Breaks" - 4:35 (Memphis Minnie, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham)

The original UK release (4AD BAD 4006 CD) featured only tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5. Tracks 6, 7 and 8 originally featured as extra tracks on the CD and 12 inch Your Ghost single (4AD BAD 4001).

• Kristin Hersh - vocals and guitars
• Martin McCarrick - cello and string arrangements
• Jane Scarpantoni - cello
• Wilfred Gibson - violin
• Perry Montague-Mason - violin
• Gavin Wright - violin
• Billy McGee - double bass

• Producer: Lenny Kaye and Kristin Hersh
• Engineer: Paul Q. Kolderie, Steve Rizzo, Phil Brown and John Fryer
• Mixing: Martin McCarrick, Bill O'Connell and John Fryer
• Design: Vaughan Oliver

'The Key' appeared on Secret Tracks 2, a cassette given away with Select.[2] "I had this instrumental to finish but I wasn't hearing any words," Hersh said in the accompanying notes. "Then I opened this Krazy Kat comic from the '30s and there were all these beautiful words. So I re-wrote the song, took it apart, put it back together – and then I opened up the book again and none of those words were there. Honest to God! It was like this song was just kicking me in the head: 'Goddammit, whaddya need?! Alright, we'll write it in a comic book for ya, dipshit!'"[3]