''Remains'' is a 2007

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by American

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band

Alkaline Trio Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from Chicago. The band's current members are Matt Skiba (guitar, vocals), Dan Andriano (bass, vocals), and Atom Willard (drums). Founded in late 1996 by Skiba, bassist Rob Doran, and drummer Glenn Por ...

, collecting B-sides, rarities, and unreleased tracks from 2000 to 2006. It is their second such compilation, following

, which collected tracks from 1996 to 1999.

The album is a collection of 22 tracks that the band has recorded for various compilations, EPs, B-sides and international releases. The disc also includes three new live tracks from a 2006 concert at Avalon in

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. Vocalist/guitarist,

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describes the collection as "an unintentional sort of bookend for our career thus far." A DVD that includes 45 minutes of material, including all the band's videos from '' From Here to Infirmary'', '' Good Mourning'', and ''

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'', accompanies the disc. Included is exclusive B-roll and behind-the-scenes footage from the band's live shows.

Release and reception

On November 6, 2006, ''Remains'' was announced for release. The band explained: "...in the midst of the torrent of recording albums and touring to support them -- we will book into a studio and record some more... These truly are the remains of the last half-decade." On December 31, the band posted an

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, which contained "We Can Never Break Up" and "Hell Yes" available for streaming. It was released on January 31, 2007, through Vagrant. On February 6, a music video was released for "Warbrain". The video includes live footage of the band from a New Year's Eve show. The album peaked at #64 on Billboard 200. By August 2008, the album sold 60,000 copies. A vinyl repressing of the album was released through Newbury Comics on February 3, 2023, and was limited to 500 copies.

Track listing

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2007, the band posted a bulletin on their MySpace giving a downloadable template and cipher. When printed and aligned correctly with the booklet in the ''Remains'' album, the template gave a user name and a password. When the cipher was deciphered, it gave a web address to go to. This website contained a downloadable album and cover file. The cipher and template accessible to Blood Pact members was different from those of the general public. MySpace Scraps Tracks # "Private Eye" (Acoustic) - 3:38 # "Crawl" (Acoustic) - 4:23 # "This Could Be Love" (Acoustic) - 4:15 # "Cringe" (Live) - 2:24 # "You've Got So Far to Go" (Live) - 2:58 # "Mr. Chainsaw" (Live) - 3:37 # "She Took Him to the Lake" (Live) - 2:32 # "Crawl" (BBC) - 4:27 # "Heaven" (BBC) - 3:35 # "Over at the Frankenstein Place" - 2:32
Total - 34:18 Blood Pact Scraps Tracks # "Fine Without You" (Remix) # "Burn" (Alleged Remix) # "Prevent This Tragedy" (Live) # "Warbrain" (Demo)

References

External links

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(streamed copy where licensed)
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Contents

Release and reception

Track listing

Scraps companion album

References

External links