''The Dresden Codex'' is the second EP by

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band

Madina Lake Madina Lake is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 2005. The band released their debut album, '' From Them, Through Us, to You'', through Roadrunner Records on March 27, 2007. Madina Lake won Best International Ne ...

and follow-up to their second studio album '' Attics to Eden'' from 2009. The release was self-produced after announcing that they had left their label,

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in April 2010. They subsequently set up an account on the website

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to help fund the EP, which is sold to fans who have pledged as well as donating a percentage of the money raised to the Keep A Breast Foundation. On September 1, 2010, the band released "They're Coming for Me" to iTunes, after being recorded days before bassist Matthew Leone was attacked. The full EP was released on December 10, 2010, for download on

Track listing

Notes

* "Let It Go" is listed as an acoustic track as according to a picture of the track listing taken by the band and is a new originally acoustic composition. * The title to track 5 "A Beautiful Life" is similar to the English translation for the title of the Italian film ''

La Dolce Vita ''La Dolce Vita'' (; Italian for 'the sweet life' or 'the good life'Kezich, 203) is a 1960 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and written by Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, and Brunello Rondi. The film stars M ...

'' which translates to "the sweet life" or "the good life". The band's fictional character Adalia is supposedly based on a character from La Dolce Vita. * The tracks "Hey Superstar", "They're Coming for Me" and "Heroine" went on to be featured on

's third album ''

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''. "A Beautiful Life" would be included as a bonus track on the Japanese version of ''World War III''.

References

Madina Lake albums 2010 EPs {{2010s-alt-rock-album-stub