''Death Letter'' is an

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by the Canadian

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band

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. The EP was released on December 4, 2012. ''Death Letter'' contains songs from their entire discography reworked for acoustic guitar. Of the six songs on the EP, 4 are from their last full-length album, '' Old Crows/Young Cardinals''. It was the band's last release before their break up, and serves as an accompaniment to their farewell tour that took place in December 2012.

Writing and recording

''Death Letter'' was presumably recorded sometime prior to the band's farewell tour, which spanned several cities in 15 shows. The EP features reworked songs from

's previous albums, specifically '' Old Crows/Young Cardinals'', ''

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'' and '' Watch Out!''. A press release from Dine Alone Records said that the EP contained six old Alexisonfire tunes reworked by guitarists

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and Dallas Green at Jukasa Studios in

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, without involvement of the three other members of the band.

Release

The EP was made available for streaming on December 10, 2012, on exclaim.ca, as well as on the

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SoundCloud page. It was released as a final piece of work before the band commenced their final tour. On December 25, 2013, the band released a vinyl box set spanning the band's entire discography, as well as demos, b-sides and previously unreleased material. This included a vinyl entitled ''Death Letter – Bonus Tracks'', which features two previously unreleased acoustic renditions of the band's singles: "Boiled Frogs" and "The Northern", which were originally recorded for the ''Death Letter'' EP.

Track listing

Personnel

Alexisonfire * Dallas Green – vocals, guitar *

– vocals, guitar

Release history

References

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