Defend Yourself

Defend Yourself
Studio album by Sebadoh
Released September 16, 2013 (2013-09-16)
Genre Indie rock
Length 45:45
Label Joyful Noise, Domino
Producer Sebadoh
Sebadoh chronology
Secret EP
(2012)		 Defend Yourself
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Exclaim!9/10[3]
The Guardian[4]
Mojo[5]
NME6/10[6]
Paste8.0/10[7]
Pitchfork6.0/10[8]
PopMatters[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Spin6/10[11]

Defend Yourself is the eighth studio album by American indie rock band Sebadoh. It is the band's first album in fourteen years, since 1999's The Sebadoh.[12]

The album was released on September 16, 2013 via Domino in the United Kingdom and on September 17, 2013 via Joyful Noise in the United States, respectively.[12][13]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "I Will"  Barlow 3:57
2. "Love You Here"  Barlow 3:33
3. "Beat"  Loewenstein 4:12
4. "Defend yr Self"  Loewenstein 3:12
5. "Oxygen"  Barlow 3:21
6. "Once"  D'Amico 2:55
7. "Inquiries"  Loewenstein 2:01
8. "State of Mine"  Barlow 3:44
9. "Final Days"  Loewenstein 4:22
10. "Can't Depend"  Loewenstein 4:23
11. "Let It Out"  Barlow 4:29
12. "Listen"  Barlow 3:37
13. "Separate"  Loewenstein 1:59
Total length:
 45:45

Included with the limited edition tri-color vinyl and red color vinyl releases was a 7" single that had two tracks that were left off of the album.[14] These tracks were also released on iTunes and included on the Japanese CD release along with the Secret EP track "All Kinds".

Personnel

Sebadoh
Other personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Defend Yourself - Sebadoh". Metacritic. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Fred. "Sebadoh - Defend Yourself". Allmusic. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ Khanna, Vish (September 16, 2013). "Sebadoh: Defend Yourself". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ Hann, Michael (September 19, 2013). "Sebadoh: Defend Yourself – review". The Guardian. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ Mojo magazine. October 2013, p.90
  6. ↑ Beaumont, Mark (September 12, 2013). "Sebadoh - 'Defend Yourself'". NME. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  7. ↑ Saunders, Hilary (September 20, 2013). "Sebadoh: Defend Yourself". Paste. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ Stosuy, Brandon (September 17, 2013). "Sebadoh - Defend Yourself". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  9. ↑ Pan, Arnold (September 18, 2013). "Sebadoh: Defend Yourself". PopMatters. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  10. ↑ Gross, Joe (September 23, 2013). "Defend Yourself". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  11. ↑ Harris, Keith (September 16, 2013). "Sebadoh Reunite for More Candid, Wincing Mind Games on 'Defend Your Self'". Spin. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  12. 1 2 Battan, Carrie (June 5, 2013). "Sebadoh Announce First New Album in 14 Years". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  13. ↑ Hughes, Hilary (August 20, 2013). "Sebadoh's First Album in 14 Years 'As Fresh As Anything We've Done'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Sebadoh "Defend Yourself" Pre-Order". Joyful Noise. July 23, 2013. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2015.

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