''Symptoms'' is the seventh full-length studio album by

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. It was released on February 14, 2012, and is the band's first album on

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. It was released almost 4 years after the band's previous album, ''

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'', marking the longest gap between two

albums, although the band released a collaboration album with rapper Muki in 2010. It is the third album the band recorded at the

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, with producers Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore, and the band's last album with drummer

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, who left the band shortly after the release. On January 10, 2012, the song "Before It Kills" was released as the first official single, through the

website. On February 6, 2012, the song "Fear in the Mirror" was streamed for free on the Ground Control music blog. On February 7, 2012, the song "New Misery" was streamed for free on the

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official website. The song features guest vocals from

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's Steve Soboslai. The album's release show took place on March 8, 2012, at the Sublime club in

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, supported by

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based

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band Man Alive.

Singles

On January 10, 2012, the song "Before It Kills" was released as the first official single, through the

website. On January 30, 2012, the band announced on its

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page that they'll be shooting a video for the song the same day at the Lightwave skate shop in

, inviting fans to participate in the video shooting. The video premiered on February 21, 2012, on the

website. On February 21, 2012, the band released the

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"Somewhere" as a promotional radio single, being released as the second single off the album. On October 12, 2012, the band released "New Misery" as the second official single off the album, along with a music video which premiered exclusively on

. On June 17, 2013, the band released "Symptoms" as their third single off the album. An animated music video by young Israeli animation artist Yotam Goren was released for the single.

Track listing

Personnel

Yotam Ben-Horin Yotam Ben Horin (; born February 17, 1979, in Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli musician best known for his work as the lead singer and bassist for Israeli punk rock band Useless ID, as well as a solo artist releasing music closer to the indie/alte ...

- lead vocals, bass *

Ishay Berger Ishay Berger (; born July 8, 1978, in Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli musician best known for his work as the lead guitarist for Israeli punk rock band Useless ID and the bassist of brutal death metal/grindcore act Whorecore. Professional caree ...

- lead guitar, backing vocals *

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- rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

- drums, percussion, backing vocals ;Additional musicians * Steve Soboslai - additional vocals on "New Misery" * Bill Stevenson - additional vocals on "Symptoms" * Jonathan Shkedi - co-writing on "Live or Die" ;Production * Bill Stevenson - production, engineering, arrangement *Jason Livermore - production, engineering, mastering *Andrew Berlin - additional engineering *Adi Khavous - photography *Nir Guitraiman - art direction and design

References

{{Authority control 2012 albums Useless ID albums Albums produced by Bill Stevenson (musician) Fat Wreck Chords albums