To me there’s no hesitation:
Spiral Scratch would have to be up there, especially Boredom. But all of it really - 10 minutes, 4 songs, now that is beautifully concise …
Duck Stab/ Buster & Glen
2 great ep’s makes for 1 great album
Has no one mentioned Burial??
F’in love Tides of Tomorrow!
not sure I’ve ever heard a really good EP.
I guess that Grandaddy one was pretty good.
I love Broken and it’s the obvious choice for me BUT I also absolutely love Fixed too, esp the Coil remix. Together they’re two pretty much perfect EPs.
All 3 of FKA Twigs’ EPs are brilliant and I listen to them all the time, but especially this one;
Still love both their EPs too
Guillemots - From the Cliffs. Some absolutely beautiful music.
Also, Fugazi
REM Chronic Town
Best one I discovered on these forums:
Jesu - Silver EP
At the Drive-In’s Vaya EP has to be mentioned. That build up and subsequent explosion near the beginning of “Proxima Centauri” is like getting launched into the sky against your will.
It’s this by some distance
That’s a playlist btw, just leave that baby going
there’s way too many to pick one but i think the first time i realised EPs were legit works of art and left behind my album-centric rockism was probably REMs Chronic Town
progressive metal perfection
It would be by The Cocteau Twins. Either Sunburst and Snowblind
Or Aikea-Guinea
The one EP that I really want is the mid-60s release in Iceland by a group called Thor’s Hammer. I have the songs on compilations and re-issues but I’d love to have the original seven inch vinyl.