Defend Yourself

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Defend Yourself
Sebadoh - Defend Yourself cover.jpg
Studio album by
Sebadoh
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2013 (2013-09-16)
Genre Indie rock
Length45:45
Label Joyful Noise, Domino
Producer Sebadoh
Sebadoh chronology
Secret EP
(2012)		Defend Yourself
(2013)		 Act Surprised
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 9/10 [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 6/10 [6]
Paste 8.0/10 [7]
Pitchfork 6.0/10 [8]
PopMatters 8/10 [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 6/10 [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]

Contents

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"Barlow3:57
2."Love You Here"Barlow3:33
3."Beat"Loewenstein4:12
4."Defend yr Self"Loewenstein3:12
5."Oxygen"Barlow3:21
6."Once"D'Amico2:55
7."Inquiries"Loewenstein2:01
8."State of Mine"Barlow3:44
9."Final Days"Loewenstein4:22
10."Can't Depend"Loewenstein4:23
11."Let It Out"Barlow4:29
12."Listen"Barlow3:37
13."Separate"Loewenstein1:59
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".

Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Imminent Emergency"Barlow2:34
15."No Wound"Loewenstein2:30
Japanese CD bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."All Kinds"Barlow1:33

Personnel

Sebadoh
Other personnel

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References

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  5. ↑ Mojo magazine. October 2013, p.90
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