Media: Strike Anywhere: “Extinguish”

Posted by aubin on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 11:00 AM (EDT)

Strike Anywhere has posted another new song from In Defiance of Empty Times, their upcoming live/acoustic album. Due out August 14, 2012, the album will include two sets from last year - in Rochester last July and Richmond last September. The Rochester set features six songs captured from Strike Anywhere's acoustic performance alongside labelmates Polar Bear Club, while the Richmond side was recorded during a benefit show for the IWW on the eve of the Occupy Movement in RVA.

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Babrook (August 8, 2012)

I seriously cannot get over how bad that pic is.

vegancraig (August 8, 2012)

dude is rockin an Orioles cap, so i'm ok with it. otherwise, yeah. it's awful.

levidolphin (August 8, 2012)

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schaumpton (August 8, 2012)

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louballs (August 8, 2012)

I can't listen to this embedded shit at work, but let me give it a preemptive "meh." I like my Strike Anywhere plugged in, fast, and screaming.

WhiskeyandRecords (August 8, 2012)

I agree, great band but I'm not enjoying the acoustic versions of there songs

mikexdude (August 8, 2012)

They're the one band I wanted to see do a folk record. I don't mind these live versions, but I would prefer recorded acoustic versions, reworked, with harmonies and all.

No screaming though.

blatz (August 8, 2012)

I really don't get this obsession with acoustic sets/albums/side projects. They are just so overwhelmingly meh. I would much rather have a new strike anywhere record.

mikexdude (August 8, 2012)

Intimacy, really. It's like people who say that they saw "____ in a basement once." I think from a musician's stand point, it sort of tests your ability to write songs. If you can translate your tune to its most stripped down, it's probably a decent song.

discofucker (August 8, 2012)

Awful quality all around. I would be really interested to hear SA do a studio album where the songs are reworked and recorded properly. This just seems lazy.

rkfrace (August 8, 2012)

I really like Strike Anywhere, and unlike others, I really, really like the notion of acoustic/mellow versions (I'm 36 and have been in the scene for over 20 years; sometimes I like some variety with my punk & hardcore)... BUT... I am absolutely dismayed by the atrocious sound quality of these recordings! I love their studio-recorded acoustic version of Chalkline -- it gives me chills. But I can't even get through this boombox-recorded set. No disrespect intended, but I really don't understand the sloppiness here.

renaldo69 (August 8, 2012)

i'd really like to hear 'infrared' acoustic