''Ultimatum'' is an EP by indie rock band The Long Winters. It was released by

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on October 11, 2005, featuring six tracks, four of which were new songs released as a preview for their later release '' Putting the Days to Bed''. The band's line-up on ''Ultimatum'' varies from the line-ups featured on the band's previous two LPs, '' The Worst You Can Do Is Harm'' and '' When I Pretend to Fall''. While John Roderick and Eric Corson remain on guitar/vocals and bass/vocals respectively,

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has been added as an additional guitarist and keyboardist, and

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is the band's latest percussionist. Matt Chamberlain played drums on "The Commander Thinks Aloud". "The Commander Thinks Aloud" appeared as a remix on MoveOn.org's '' Future Soundtrack for America'' compilation in 2004. In 2011,

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of Dashboard Confessional covered "The Commander Thinks Aloud" on his album '' Covered In The Flood''.

Track listing

# "The Commander Thinks Aloud" # "Ultimatum" # "Everything Is Talking" # "Delicate Hands" # "Bride and Bridle" (live) (first appeared on '' When I Pretend to Fall'') # "Ultimatum" (live)

References

The Long Winters albums 2005 EPs Barsuk Records EPs {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub