Unsung (EP)

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Unsung
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ReleasedDecember 6, 2005
Recorded2005
StudioGlow in the Dark, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre Metalcore, mathcore, hardcore punk
Length16:04
Label Solid State
Producer Matt Goldman
The Chariot chronology
Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead, and Nothing Is Bleeding
(2004)
Unsung
(2005)
The Fiancée
(2007)
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Unsung is an EP released through Solid State Records on December 6, 2005 by Christian Hardcore/Mathcore group The Chariot. [1] It contains two new songs and four re-worked versions of songs from their debut album Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead, and Nothing Is Bleeding . The EP also marks the first use of the Chariot's iconic "skull" image on the CD's artwork. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Yanni Depp" - 2:41
  2. "Phil Cosby (Before There Was Atlanta, There Was Douglasville)" - 2:13
  3. "Vin Affleck (Goodnight My Lady And A Forever Farewell)" - 2:43
  4. "Kenny Gibler (Play The Piano Like A Disease)" - 4:07
  5. "Sargent Savage (Die Interviewer [Germanickly Speaking])" - 1:56
  6. "Donnie Cash (The Company, The Comfort, The Grave)" - 2:24

Track #4, "Kenny Gibbler", was re-recorded for "The Fiancée" album. The re-recorded version features Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams accompanying Josh Scogin. The track was re-titled as "Then Came to Kill".

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References

  1. "Solid State Records". Solid State Records. Archived from the original on 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  2. Necci, Marilyn Drew. "It's Either A Trainwreck Or Something Special: An Interview With The Chariot". RVA Magazine. Retrieved 2017-11-17.