End of a Year are Self Defense Family.

Your favorite band’s favorite band, Cohoes New York’s Self Defense Family enjoys a distinct renown within the punk community. Well-respected and critically lauded but difficult and idiosyncratic, the band has done things their way almost to a fault. Eschewing sing-alongs and easy anthems in favor of personal lyrics, they stand apart from their contemporaries in punk and hardcore. Their strangely tense guitar-work framed within otherwise hook laden songs lends the band an unmistakable sound. Opting to be heavy in emotional rather than heavy in sound.

“You Are Beneath Me” is the band’s most focused work to date. Expanding greatly on the recent 7"EP material they’ve built their name on. Dense and anxiety-ridden, “You Are Beneath Me” approaches punk in a hyper-personal and singularly artistic manner. Not afraid to be confrontational, honest, and pure in every way. 

Track Listing:
01. Composite Character
02. Charles Ewert
03. Marissa Wendolovske
04. Fred Dekker
05. Louis Slotin
06. Eric Hall
07. Sara Hayden
08. Jeni Leigh
09. Bo Diaz
10. Eddie Antar
11. Philip Jose Farmer

First Press:
300 - Opaque Yellow
700 - Opaque Blue
1000 - Opaque Magenta

Second Press:
1029 - Bone