To Leave Or Die In Long Island

by Bomb the Music Industry!

To Leave Or Die In Long Island cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 15 October 2005
  • Label: Quote Unquote
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 24:58
  • Community rating: 4.09/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The sophomore release utilizes a high-contrast blend of 8-bit digital textures and frantic ska rhythms to explore suburban disillusionment. Recorded primarily by Rosenstock using a home computer, the tracks feature high-velocity rhythmic shifts and satirical commentary on local Long Island social dynamics. It is noted for its early use of MIDI-based production within a hardcore punk framework, prioritizing unpolished energy and structural unpredictability.

Genres

Descriptors: Suburban, Lo Fi, DIY, bratty, satirical

Tracklist

  1. Happy Anterrabae Day!! (2:56)
  2. Congratulations, John, on Joining Every Time I Die (2:34)
  3. Showerbeers! (0:51)
  4. Stand There Until You're Sober (4:15)
  5. Dude, Get With the Program (4:16)
  6. Bomb the Music Industry! (and Action Action) (and Refused) (and Born Against) Are Fucking Dead (2:48)
  7. Brian Wilson Says SMiLE a.k.a. Beard of Defiance (3:13)
  8. Syke! Life Is Awesome! (4:01)

Credits

  • Bomb The Music Industry! - primary artist
  • Mediafrenzydesign - graphics [graphic design lyric sheet]
  • Jeff Rosenstock - recorded by

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