''An Anthology of Dead Ends'' is an

Extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

by Botch, released on

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in October 2002. It was the band's final studio recording, and was released after they disbanded. The album was released on 10" vinyl and CD; a 12" version was eventually released. The CD version is an enhanced CD containing a photo gallery, a music video for "Saint Matthew Returns to the Womb" and album credits. It was released in a

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case as well as a standard jewel case. The song "Afghamistam" is mostly a departure from previous work, featuring subdued vocals, piano and overdubbed spoken word segments.

Track listing

#"Spaim" – 0:14 #"Japam" – 2:51 #"Framce" – 3:40 #"Vietmam" – 3:59 #"Afghamistam" – 6:57 #"Micaragua" – 3:57

Personnel

* David Verellen –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* David Knudson –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

s * Brian Cook –

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, backing vocals *

Tim Latona Botch is an American mathcore band formed in 1993 in Tacoma, Washington. The band, featuring Brian Cook, Dave Knudson, Tim Latona and Dave Verellen, spent four years as a garage band and released several demos and EPs before signing to Hydra ...

– drums *

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– backing vocals

References

Botch (band) albums 2002 EPs Albums produced by Matt Bayles Hydra Head Records EPs {{Ep-stub