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I Can't See is the second EP by American rock band Werlpool, released on January 26, 2002. While the band's previous albums and plays were recorded in Portland, Oregon, I Can't See is the first to break the chain, being entirely recorded in Los Angeles' Sunset Sound studios. The EP makes heavy use of experimental effects, such as extensive use of avant-garde synth demos, bizarre acoustic riffs, off-beat percussion, among other altercations. There are 5 songs contained in the EP; however, they are all recorded and cut at specific lengths so that the complete running time comes to 24 minutes and 59 seconds, barely making the cut for an EP.

The EP was recorded on-and-off between May 1998 and December 1999, and was delayed by a few years due to "mainly extensive mixing, but slightly delayed by the impact of 9/11," according to Werlpool frontman Jake DePasquale. According to DePasquale, it was "ready for release in mid-2001, after Teenage Pregnancy had recently found itself near the top of the charts," but halted for previously mentioned reasons.

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I Can't See featured guest appearances from Beck, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, and Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl. These appearances were made by all artists on two of the five songs: Blue Day and Ataxia.