Anxiety (Smile Empty Soul album)

Anxiety is the second album by American post-grunge music group Smile Empty Soul. The album was scheduled to be released in the fall of 2005 via Lava Records, but after numerous push-backs due to heavy protest from religious groups (mainly in regards to the proposed lead single "Holes")[1] the label scrapped the album and Smile Empty Soul departed. Smile Empty Soul then decided to make a number of "illegal burned copies" and sell them on their own at shows in order to give fans the album since Lava wasn't releasing it. The band even encouraged fans to go online and illegally download the album if they were not able to make it to a show to buy a copy.

Anxiety
Studio album by Smile Empty Soul
Released	September 27, 2005 (digital) March 9, 2010 (CD)
Genre	Post-grunge, alternative metal, alternative rock
Length	51:41
Label	Lava, MRAfia, F.O.F Label Group
Producer	John Lewis Parker
Smile Empty Soul chronology
Smile Empty Soul (2003) Anxiety (2005) Vultures (2006)
Alternative cover
Lava Records Advanced Promotional
Singles from Anxiety
"Don't Need You" Released: July 19, 2005

Everything changed in 2008, as the band was finally able to officially release Anxiety through their own label, MRAfia Records.

On March 9, 2010, Anxiety was re-released under F.O.F Label Group titled "More Anxiety". In addition to Anxiety tracks and the MRAfia Version bonus tracks, it also included a re-designed album cover art, a bonus DVD and "Hidden Track" (This is War [2009 Remix]). There is also another variation of More Anxiety that contained another bonus track "Aneurysm" in addition to the previous More Anxiety released by F.O.F. Label Group. This variant was available for free download for those who donated to Smile Empty Soul Feeds the Hunger sponsored by Groupees.

The song "Don't Need You" peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bright Side"	4:07
2.	"To the Ground"	3:42
3.	"California's Lonely"	3:07
4.	"Self Inflicted"	4:44
5.	"Holes"	3:53
6.	"Don't Need You"	3:42
7.	"Fight of a Suburban Couple"	2:15
8.	"Refill Me"	3:57
9.	"God's Army"	4:07
10.	"Not Alright"	4:01
11.	"Saturday"	3:13
12.	"Cody"	1:39
13.	"Proud to Be"	3:06
14.	"Never Again"	3:18
15.	"End of the World"	2:58

Bonus Tracks on MRAfia version:[3]

No.	Title	Length
16.	"California's Lonely" (Acoustic Version)	3:16
17.	"Anywhere But Down" (Demo Version)	3:08

• "Cody" is actually a phone message from Cody (the singer of Troll Forcefield) that was left on Sean Danielsen's answering machine.

Hidden Track:[4]

No.	Title	Length
18.	"This is War [2009 Remix]"	4:24

Groupees Bonus Track:[5]

No.	Title	Length
19.	"Aneurysm (Nirvana cover)"	4:22

Personnel

• Sean Danielsen – vocals, guitar
• Ryan Martin – bass
• Derek Gledhill- drums
• Jake Kilmer - drums (This is War - 2009 Remix) & Aneurysm

References

1. "Smile Empty Soul Biography". LetsSingIt. MTV. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
2. "Artist Chart History - Smile Empty Soul". Billboard. Retrieved 23 Jan 2009.
3. "SMILE EMPTY SOUL". Archived from the original on 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
4. "More Anxiety".
5. "More Anxiety: Groupees Variant".