''Ultimatum'' is an EP by

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. It was released by

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on October 11, 2005, featuring six tracks, four of which were new songs released as a preview for their later release '' Putting the Days to Bed''. The band's line-up on ''Ultimatum'' varies from the line-ups featured on the band's previous two LPs, '' The Worst You Can Do Is Harm'' and ''

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''. While John Roderick and Eric Corson remain on guitar/vocals and bass/vocals respectively, Mike Squires has been added as an additional guitarist and keyboardist, and

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is the band's latest percussionist.

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played drums on "The Commander Thinks Aloud". "The Commander Thinks Aloud" appeared as a remix on

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'' compilation in 2004. In 2011, Chris Carrabba of

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covered "The Commander Thinks Aloud" on his album '' Covered In The Flood''.

Track listing

# "The Commander Thinks Aloud" # "Ultimatum" # "Everything Is Talking" # "Delicate Hands" # "Bride and Bridle" (live) (first appeared on ''

'') # "Ultimatum" (live)

References

The Long Winters albums 2005 EPs Barsuk Records EPs {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub