The Dresden Codex (EP)

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The Dresden Codex
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ReleasedDecember 10, 2010
Recorded2010
Genre Alternative rock
Label Self-released
Madina Lake chronology
Attics to Eden
(2009)
The Dresden Codex
(2010)
World War III
(2011)

The Dresden Codex is the second EP by alternative rock band Madina Lake and follow-up to their second studio album Attics to Eden from 2009. The release was self-produced after announcing that they had left their label, Roadrunner Records in April 2010. [1] They subsequently set up an account on the website Pledgemusic to help fund the EP, which is sold to fans who have pledged as well as donating a percentage of the money raised to the Keep A Breast Foundation. [2] [3] On September 1, 2010, the band released "They're Coming for Me" to iTunes, after being recorded days before bassist Matthew Leone was attacked. [4] The full EP was released on December 10, 2010, for download on Pledgemusic.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hey Superstar"3:08
2."Heroine"2:45
3."They're Coming for Me"3:12
4."Let It Go" (Acoustic)4:08
5."A Beautiful Life (The song "A Beautiful Life" ends at 3:00. The hidden track "A Rite of Passage" begins at 7:40)."13:41
Total length:26:14

Notes

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