''Anxiety'' is the second album by American
post-grunge music group
Smile Empty Soul. The album was scheduled to be released in the fall of 2005 via
Lava Records, but after numerous push-backs due to heavy protest from religious groups (mainly in regards to the proposed lead single "Holes")
the label scrapped the album and Smile Empty Soul departed. Smile Empty Soul then decided to make a number of "illegal burned copies" and sell them on their own at shows in order to give fans the album since Lava wasn't releasing it. The band even encouraged fans to go online and illegally download the album if they were not able to make it to a show to buy a copy.
In 2008 the band was able to officially release ''Anxiety'' through their own label,
MRAfia Records
Smile Empty Soul is an American rock band, originally from Santa Clarita, California, United States. It was started in 1998 by Sean Danielsen (vocals and guitar), Ryan Martin (bass), and Derek Gledhill (drums). Following the departure of Gled ...
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On March 9, 2010, ''Anxiety'' was re-released under F.O.F Label Group titled "''More Anxiety''". In addition to ''Anxiety'' tracks and the MRAfia Version bonus tracks, it also included a re-designed album cover art, a bonus DVD and "Hidden Track" (This is War
009 Remix. There is also another variation of ''More Anxiety'' that contained another bonus track "Aneurysm" in addition to the previous ''More Anxiety'' released by F.O.F. Label Group. This variant was available for ''free download'' for those who donated to ''Smile Empty Soul Feeds the Hunger'' sponsored by ''Groupees''.
The song "Don't Need You" peaked at number 37 on the ''
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Track listing
*"Cody" is actually a phone message from Cody (the singer of Troll Forcefield) that was left on
Sean Danielsen's answering machine.
Personnel
*
Sean Danielsen – vocals, guitar
* Ryan Martin – bass
* Derek Gledhill- drums
* Jake Kilmer - drums (This is War - 2009 Remix) & Aneurysm
See also
*
List of anti-war songs
References
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2005 albums
Smile Empty Soul albums
Lava Records albums