Say Anything's new album looks set to be the emo tour de force of the year, with the band having roped in My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way, Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carraba, Taking Back Sunday, Saves The Day and Alkaline Trio for their forthcoming release, 'In Defense Of The Genre', which is presumably a knowing reference to the stigma against the whole emo thing, not least in the good old Daily Mail who once warned its readers of an "emo cult" and offered a description of how to spot "an emo" - that being someone with "dyed black hair brushed over" their face, who listens to Green Day and My Chemical Romance, and who converses in sighs, poetry and, erm, wailing. So, Way's involvement in the 'Defense' is especially apt.
The clearly dangerous tracklisting looks like this:
Disc one:
Skinny, Mean Man
No Soul
That Is Why
Surgically Removing The Tracking Device
This Is Fucking Ecstasy
The Church Channel
Shiksa (Girlfriend)
Baby Girl, I'm A Blur
Retarded In Love
People Like You Are Why People Like Me Ecist
Died A Jew
An Insult To The Dead
Sorry, Dudes. My Bad
Disc two:
Spay Me
In Defense Of The Genre
The Truth Is, You Should Lie With Me
The Word You Wield
Vexed
About Falling
You're The Wanker If Anyone Is
Spores
We Killed It
Have At Thee!
Hangover Song
Goodbye Young Tutor, You've Now Outgrown Me
I Used To Have A Heart
Plea