''Stripped'' is an acoustic EP by American

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. The EP was released May 13, 2016 via

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. This release marked the band's first acoustic-only project and is overall their second EP, the first being their 2003 debut ''

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Summary

Before playing a show at the venue Ziggy's By The Sea in

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on January 6, 2016 the band was interviewed by ''

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'', during the interview the group announced that they had begun working on an acoustic EP and already started writing for their next studio album, singer

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said the projects should be released by the end of the year. On March 7, 2016 the band announced that the acoustic EP will be titled ''Stripped'' and will be released May 13, 2016. The EP will consist of 6 songs, 5 songs will be acoustic renditions of previously recorded

tracks while the first track will be a cover of the group

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". Altogether the EP will consist of 1 newly recorded track, 4 acoustic versions of songs from the band's 2015 album ''

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'' and a newly recorded version of the band's 2005 hit ''

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'' with new vocalist

singing vocals. The band also announced that they will be touring June–July 2016 with New Zealand-based rockers

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in support of the EP. Vocalist

commented on the EP saying; "We’re thrilled to finally be able to release this acoustic EP. When we write songs, we believe that they have to be great with just an acoustic guitar. The rest of the instrumentation is just icing on the cake. We can’t wait get out on the road and show our fans our music in its original form."

Track listing

Personnel

– lead vocals *Joe "Blower" Garvey – lead guitar, backing vocals *Mark King – rhythm guitar, backing vocals *Mike Rodden – bass guitar, backing vocals *

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– drums, backing vocals

References

{{Authority control Hinder albums 2016 EPs The End Records albums