End Of A Year Self Defense Family

This is the band that has been requested non-stop, and for good reason. They are a great band with a ton of material, none of which is fully collected in one place. So, here is the very-near complete discography of End Of A Year/Self Defense Family.

  

This band began in 2003, and have had a revolving door of members ever since, with the only consistent member being vocalist Patrick Kindlon. They are mainly from Albany/Cohoes, New York, though they've had members from all around.  Their original name, End Of A Year, is taken from an Embrace song, which is fitting since their early sound is heavily based on the sound of early Washington DC/Dischord bands such as Rites Of Spring and Lungfish. Though they've progressed a lot since their beginning, they are still distinctly known for their post-punk energy, angular guitar tones, odd chords/melodies, and Kindlon's very unique vocal style and impassioned voice. Their sound is still as personal and compelling as their influential origins, though this band tend to incorporate a lot more overtly political material, mixed in with satire and pop culture references. The name Self Defense Family was adopted between 2010 and 2011. They put out their first full-length, Try Me, out under that name this year. They've only put out four full-lengths, but quite literally seven times that amount in splits and EP's. Throughout their career, they've worked with a multitude of notable labels, including Deathwish, Run For Cover, Triple B, Revelation, and Iron Pier. This is an incredibly prolific band, with a ton of solid material out, most of which has finally been compiled in one place. That couldn't have been done without the massive help of Jacob Shumaker, so much credit is due to him. Enjoy this End Of A Year, and have a happy new one!

Also, though close to all of their material is here, there's a few things missing. The entire Segwei split and More Songs About Transportation and Intercourse are the two most notable things They were found, thanks for sending them to me. In addition, the Stalwart Sons side of the split is missing, though the SDF side is there. Their split with Fires is all in one track, so if anyone has the individual songs, or anything mentioned before, sending them or anything else you have would be insanely appreciated. This is such a good and prolific band, so gathering all their material in one place is so important to share and preserve their legacy. Thanks so much.

Warm (2004)

1. If You're Not Into It, You're Dead

2. The Birthplace Of Plastic

3. Caldor

4. Hey

5. It Was A Total Nightmare

6. Good To Meet You

7. 60 Degrees 10 Seconds After It Rains

8. Odometer

9. Kentucky Is A Revolution

Disappear Here (2004)

1. Anxiety

2. I Wash My Ass With Piss

3. Like Four Flat Tires

4. I Hate Fun, I Hate Young People, Stay Off My Lawn

5. 30 Degrees 10 Seconds After It Rains

6. Hey

7. If You're Not Into It, You're Dead

8. My Baboon Heart

9. Shy Partier Meets Talkative Recluse

10. It Was A Total Nightmare

11. Occupation

12. Good To Meet You

We Mate For Life / Night Like This (2005)

1. End Of A Year - Beleaders

2. End Of A Year - Girls

3. End Of A Year - Chopper

4. Three Fifteen - The Warm Air...

5. Three Fifteen - ...The Late Nights

End Of A Year/Fire Team Charlie (2007)

1. End Of A Year - McEnroe

2. End Of A Year - Harrison At Clapton's Wedding

3. Fire Team Charlie - Captain Fantastic And Boris The Heavy Metal Kid

4. Fire Team Charlie - Someday We'll Look Back

Sincerely (2006)

1. The Browns

2. Timeshares

3. Beleaders

4. Darnel

5. Harrison

6. Midwest

7. Anxiety II

8. Bad Land Deals

9. You Better Work

10. Escrow

11. Above Ground Pools

End Of A Year/Kids Explode (2007)

1. End Of A Year - Audrey Kishline

2. Kids Explode - A Crash, Literally

3. Kids Explode - Yards And Miles

We Understand Europeans Are A Sexual People (2007)

1. Michael Larson

2. Let's Grow Fat And Unhappy Together

3. &Jury

4. Annandale

End Of A Year/Adorno (2008)

1. Adorno - Life. Love. Don't Need Regret.

2. Adorno - Theoretically Driven

3. End Of A Year - Michael Ray Richardson

4. End Of A Year - Go To Hell, Dickhead

End Of A Year/Red Tape Parade (2008)

1. End Of A Year - William Kennedy

2. End Of A Year - Red Tape Parade

3. Red Tape Parade - Towns

4. Red Tape Parade - End Of A Year

Shook Ones/End Of A Year (2008)

1. Shook Ones - Raised By Woofs

2. Shook Ones - It's Not What You Think

3. Shook Ones - Asterisk

4. Shook Ones - Marked With A Crow's Foot

5. End Of A Year - Dan Cooper

End Of A Year/Segwei (2009)

1. End Of A Year - Charles Rocket

2, End Of A Year - Gary Evans

3. End Of A Year - Sensitive Leopard

4. Segwei - Gain Ground 

5. Segwei - Projection

End Of A Year (2009)

1. Robert E. Howard

2. Gray Morrow

3. Walter Miller

More Songs About Transportation And Intercourse (2010)

1. Barbara Peyton

2. Ethan Hawke

3. Wild Wild Life

You Are Beneath Me (2010)

1. Composite Character

2. Charles Ewert

3. Marissa Wendolovske

4. Fred Dekker

5. Louis Slotin

6. Eric Hall

7. Sara Hayden

8. Jeni Leigh

9. Bo Diaz

10. Eddie Antar

11. Philip Jose Farmer

Live On The Waiting Room (2010)

1. Robert E. Howard & Fred Dekker

2. Eric Hall

3. Jeni Leigh

The Sorrowful And Immaculate Heart Of Emanuela Orlandi (2011)

1. Emanuela Orlandi

2. Mehmet Ali Agca

3. The Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary

End Of A Year w/Caroline Corrigan (2011)

1. Marissa Wendolovske

2. Eric Hall (Acoustic)

3. Jeni Leigh

4. Philip Jose Farmer

Mixed Signals (2011)

8. I've Got An Idea...

I Heard Crime Gets You Off (2011)

1. I Heard Crime Gets You Off

2. To Your Scattered Bodies Go

I'm Going Through Some Shit (2011)

1. I'm Going Through Some Shit

2. All Fruit Is Ripe

Self Defense Family/Fires (2011)

1. Self Defense Family - I Can't Work A Straight Job

2. Self Defense Family - M1911

3. Fires - Things We Lost In The Sea

Self Immolation Family (2012)

1. Self Immolation Family

2. World Virgins

Live From Krazy Fest 5/20/11 (2012)

1. (Introduction)

2. Marissa Wendolovske

3. (the gift of subculture)

4. I'm Going Through Some Shit

5. Eric Hall

6. (other motherfuckers don't pay our rent)

7. Eddie Antar

8. I Can't Work A Straight Job

9. (wild and uncaged)

10. Jeni Leigh

11. All Fruit Is Ripe

Tigers Jaw/The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die/Code Orange Kids/Self Defense Family (2013)

1. Tigers Jaw - Fake Death

2. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Beverly Wyatt

3. Code Orange Kids - VI (Worms Fear God // God Fears Youth)

4. Self Defense Family - Holy Trend

Stalwart Sons/Self Defense Family (2013)

1. Stalwart Sons - Black River

2. Self Defense Family - Great Plan For The Transformation Of Nature

Run For Cover Records: Mixed Singles Vol. 1 (2013)

1. Self Defense Family - I Can't Be Relied Upon (To Suck The Cock Of Cowards With No Souls)

2. Creative Adult - Rushing Towards The Cemetery

3. Grey Zine - Hopesfault 

4. Anne - Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen cover)

You Are Beneath Her (2013)

1. Jeni Leigh

2. Eric Hall

3. Philip Jose Farmer

4. Marissa Wendolovske

The Corrections Officer In Me (2013)

1. It's Not Good For The Man To Be Alone

2. Pop Song Written On The Automall

3. The Bomber Will Always Get Through

Least Violent Time In Human History (2013)

1. Axis - Eradicate

2. Axis - Wolf And Sheep

3. Self Defense Family - Strong Ties To The Community

Self Defense Family/Goodtime Boys (2013)

1. Self Defense Family - Not Considered A Flight Risk

2. Goodtime Boys - Dream of Life

Try Me (2014)

1. Tithe Pig

2. Nail House Music

3. Turn The Fan On

4. Mistress Appears At Funeral

5. Apport Birds

6. Angelique One

7. Aletta

8. Fear Of Poverty In Old Age

9. Weird Fingering

10. Dingo Fence

11. Angelique Two

Two Genuine Oddities From Our Distant Past (2014)

1. I Got Kicked Out Of Germany

2. I Encapsulated The Human In a 10sec Song

I Tried To Make Something You Would Enjoy (2014)

1. You Don't Get What You Want

2. I Don't Get What I Want

Self Defense Family/Meredith Hunter (2014)

1. Self Defense Family - Russian History

2. Meredith Hunter - Gold Star Mother

Duets (2014)

1. The Way Out Is Back

2. Been Passed On

3. Location Scout

4. Incoming Calls

5. Cancel Man

Indoor Wind Chimes (2014)

1. Indoor Wind Chimes

2. Cottaging

America's Hardcore Volume 3 (2014)

13. Spirit Operator

Self Love (2015)

1. Touché Amoré & Self Defense Family - Circa 95

2. Touché Amoré & Self Defense Family - Low Beams

Creative Adult/Self Defense Family (2015)

1. Creative Adult - Americans

2. Self Defense Family - Somerton

Talia b/w Taxying (2015)

1. Talia

2. Taxying

Heaven Is Earth (2015)

1. In My Defens Self Me Defend

2. Talia

3. Prison Ring

4. Ditko

5. Everybody Wants A Prize For Feeling

6. Heaven Is Earth

7. Basic Skills

8. Dave Sim

When The Barn Caves In b/w Alan (2015)

1. When The Barn Caves In

2. Alan

German Industrial Ballads (2015)

1. It's Best We Address It

Note: This was a limited cassette release for Record Store Day. It consisted of all previously released material, except for this track

Superior (2016)

1. In Those Dark Satanic Mills

2. The Climate Of The Room

3. Superior

4. Good Idea Machine

The Power Does Not Work In The Presence Of Nonbelievers (2016)

1. Early Adopter

2. I'm On A Different Wavelength Than Everyone Else

3. Baby Mother Home

4. Deersong

Self Defense Family/Null (2016)

1. Self Defense Family - What We Love Is

2. Null - Wholly Gross

Colicky (2016)

1. Staying Current

2. All True At The Same Time

3. It Isn't Very Clear, Is It?

4. Brittany Murphy In 8 Mile

Bastard Form b/w Maybe You Could Explain It To Me (2017)

1. Bastard Form

2. You Could Explain It To Me

BBC Session (2017)

1. Self Immolation Family (BBC Live Version)

2. Mehmet All Agca (BBC Live Version)

3. Tithe Pig (BBC Live Version)

4. Turn The Fan On (BBC Live Version)

Wounded Masculinity (2017)

1. Visit Scenic Western New York

2. Lost The Thread

3. Karate In The Driveway

4. Mary Devoured By Horses

Have You Considered Punk Music (2018)

1. The Supremacy of Pure Artistic Feeling

2. Certainty of Paradise

3. No Analog Nor Precedent

4. Watcher At The Well

5. Nobody Who Matters Cares

6. Have You Considered Punk Music

7. Have You Considered Anything Else

8. Raw Contempt

9. Slavish Devotion to Form

10. The Right Kind of Adult

Performative Guilt (2019)

1. Rest In Peace For The Error Shall Not Be Repeated

2. Awaiting Acknowledgment

3. Future Girls

4. Don't Wait To Be Murdered To Defend Yourself

Kitten Beach (2020)

1. Florida Trip

2. Tissue Thin

Jesus Of Nazareth (2020)

1. Jesus Of Nazareth

Leeds (2020)

1. Secular Trust

2. Lust For Nuke

Long Island (2020)

1. PARTMAXIMUM

2. FORT APACHE, MY HEAD

Make Me A Pallet Fire On Your Floor b/w Local Clerics (2020)

1. Make Me A Pallet Fire On Your Floor

2. Local Clerics

Law of Karma Live: Fake Shit Wins But Not Tonight (2023)

1. I'm Going Through Some Shit

2. Indoor Wind Chimes

3. [we got that oligarch chant]

4. Taxying

5. Talia

6. [the men's bathroom]

7. Watcher At The Well

8. Have You Considered Anything Else

9. Make Me A Pallet Fire On Your Floor

10. [then the details start]

11. Turn The Fan On

12. Good Idea Machine

13. [warm or approachable or even friendly]

14. When The Barn Caves In

15. On The Beach (Neil Young)

16. Have You Considered Punk Music