From the Depths of Dreams names more than one version of the Senses Fail EP. The six-track ECA release dates to 2002. Drive-Thru expanded it in 2003. Pure Noise released a new recording in 2019, with a different eight-song sequence. A listing that gives only the title and a vinyl colour leaves the most useful question unanswered: which recording is on it?
The distinction matters because two versions have eight tracks, yet those tracks are not identical. Our Senses Fail release guide puts the EP among the band’s later albums. This guide stays with the EP’s selected physical editions, using the label’s own 2019 page and Discogs release entries. Discogs is a community-maintained catalog; no sleeve or disc was inspected for this article.
The six-track ECA002 CD
The ECA002 entry records a US CD released on 16 August 2002. Its notes describe 300 copies, divided between 100 sold by the band and 200 through ECA Records. Those are the quantities recorded by the entry, rather than a count of surviving copies.
Six songs appear in its track list. The opening title is transcribed as Stephen, whereas the later entries use Steven. The notes divide the sessions at Nada Studios into two groups: Stephen, Dreaming a Reality and The Ground Folds in March 2002; Free Fall Without a Parachute, Bloody Romance and One Eight Seven in June. They also distinguish the announced 13 August release from the recorded 16 August date. That explains why an earlier date can appear in a chronology without identifying a different physical edition.
A listener asking about the 2002 version wanted to know whether it had a physical release at all. The ECA002 CD record answers that narrower question. Comments about how different copies sound require listening or mastering evidence beyond a track list, so they are not used to establish a remix here.
The 2003 issue adds two songs
The inspected US Drive-Thru CD entry gives 29 April 2003 and two catalog numbers: DTR #38 and B0000155-12. It describes an enhanced digipak reissue. Handguns & Second Chances and The Ground Folds (Acoustic) follow the original six-song sequence, making eight audio tracks.
The entry’s notes say the bonus songs were recorded with a different lineup. They also say Bastard Son was left off at Drive-Thru’s insistence. That establishes what the catalog reports about the omission; it does not explain a legal dispute or establish a reason for the later rerecording.
On this edition, One Eight Seven remains sixth and the acoustic Ground Folds closes the audio program. That closing song is a better way to distinguish the version than simply counting eight tracks. The 2019 release has eight too.
Vinyl and regional CD identifiers
The brown translucent marble LP entry records the year 2003, DTR #38V, and a pressing of 1,000. Its transcribed runouts are DTR-38 A and DTR-38-B. It carries the expanded sequence, including the acoustic closing track. The entry gives no exact release day, so the US CD’s April date should not automatically be assigned to that LP.
The UK enhanced CD entry uses EAT028CD and lists Eat Sleep, ECA and Drive-Thru. Its barcode is 5026535027126. It records the same two audio additions and an enhanced CD element. An extra database row for that computer content does not make the disc a nine-song EP.
The UK matrix includes EAT028CD followed by 6/3/03. Treat that as the transcribed matrix string, not a settled release date. It can help compare a photographed disc with the entry even when a seller has entered only the year.
The 2019 Pure Noise recording
Pure Noise’s release page gives 6 September 2019 and PNE249. Bastard Son appears seventh, between Handguns and Second Chances and One Eight Seven. The acoustic Ground Folds is absent. The PNE249 CD entry explicitly identifies this as a rerecording of the 2002 EP; its barcode is 810540031026.
In an artist statement reproduced by Banquet Records, Buddy Nielsen described the opportunity to “update the sound and play in full.” That supports treating this as a new performance of the material. It is not enough to infer why any earlier recording was unavailable.
The label’s pressing information divides its listed variants by outlet as well as colour. Its UK and European baby blue allocation is 250, while the half aqua blue and half baby blue US indie allocation is 300. The page also lists separate webstore, tour and various-outlet editions. Those allocations describe that release page, not every pressing produced since 2019 or today’s stock.
What to check in a listing
Ask for the back track list, the catalog number and the disc’s matrix or runout. A title and colour can start a search, but the closing tracks distinguish the expanded recording from the 2019 version. Format and territory then narrow the physical issue. Compare the photographed details with the specific entry rather than assuming every release under the same title is interchangeable.
These are selected documented editions, read on 6 September 2026. The guide does not certify a particular copy or list every later variant. Corrections with an identifiable release source can be sent through our editorial standards page.