''Stop the Bleeding'' is the seventh studio album by the

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. It was released in 2013 on Three One Three Records. This album features five songs previously released on Sponge's 2010 EP ''

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''. These five songs are "Dare to Breathe", "Destroy the Boy", "Come In from the Rain", "Star", and "Before the End", however these songs appear in a different order than they did on ''Destroy the Boy''. Also on this album, Sponge does a rendition of the classic

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", along with other new tracks. The album was originally only sold at the Summerland Tour music festival, but then had a national release on September 17, 2013 and now can be found everywhere.

Release

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, and

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on the 2013 Summerland Tour. The Summerland Tour was put together by

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of Everclear and mainly featured

bands that started in the 1990s. The tour was originally created in 2012 and had such a positive reception that it was continued in 2013. This tour was originally the only place that you could buy ''Stop the Bleeding'', until Sponge later announced on their website that they had signed with

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and would release ''Stop the Bleeding'' nationally. The album was released nationally on September 13, 2013. The release of ''Stop the Bleeding'' on The End Records has a different track running order and includes a bonus track called "Alcohol and Speed".

Track listing (Three One Three Records)

Track listing (The End Records)

Personnel

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- vocals * Billy Adams - drums * Tim Patalan - bass * Kyle Neely - guitar/back-up vocals *

Andy Patalan Andrew Patalan (born March 14, 1970) is an American musician best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist for the alternative rock band Sponge. He also is a founding member of Solid Frog and Throttlebody. He was also the guitarist for Bro ...

- guitar/back-up vocals

Additional musicians

*Steve Roberts *Randy Jacobs *Peter Searcy *Matt Kable *Nick Urbanik *Anamaria Ylizaliturri

Additional personnel

*Chris Betea - Photography *Mike Rand - Booking *dadmgraphics.com - Artwork and Layout

Gear

*In Tune Picks *

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Strings *GHS Strings *Rebel Amplification

References

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