State Is Burning

State Is Burning is the eighth full-length studio album by Israeli punk band Useless ID. It was released on July 1, 2016, and is the band's second album and third release on Fat Wreck Chords.^[1] It was released more than 4 years after the band's previous album, Symptoms, marking the longest gap between two Useless ID albums. It was also preceded by a 7" EP for the album's first single "We Don't Want the Airwaves", which was released on May 6, 2016.^[2]

It is the fourth album the band recorded at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, recorded between December 3–19, 2015, with producers Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore, and the band's first and only album with drummer Gideon Berger, who announced his departure during the album's release show on June 30, 2016.

The album's release show took place on June 30, 2016, a day before the album's official release, at the Barby club in Tel Aviv, supported by hardcore/surf rock band Shifka Chiefs. During the band's performance, they were joined by Jamie Hilsden of Jerusalem based punk rock act Man Alive, to perform two songs, originally recorded by Man Alive.

Singles

On April 15, 2016, the song "We Don't Want the Airwaves" was released as the first official single, through the Fat Wreck Chords Youtube channel.^[3] On April 20, 2016, the band announced on their Facebook page they'll be making a music video for the single, which will be composed of fan footage that will be sent to them by fans, giving tribute to the Ramones, as the song is the band's tribute to the Ramones.^[4]

On June 10, 2016, the album's opening track "Land of Idiocracy" was streamed for free through the Fat Wreck Chords Youtube channel.^[5]^[6]

On July 25, 2016, the official music video for "We Don't Want the Airwaves" was released, through the Fat Wreck Chords official Youtube channel. The video is a compilation of photos and short videos, referencing and paying tribute to the Ramones, that were made by fans and sent to Useless ID, then edited together by the band, along with homage pictures by the band members themselves.^[7]^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Land of Idiocracy"	0:59
2.	"Stopwatch"	1:21
3.	"Borrowed Time"	2:25
4.	"How to Dismantle an Atom Bomb"	2:18
5.	"Creation"	2:18
6.	"Genetic"	1:21
7.	"State Is Burning"	2:22
8.	"Novice"	2:08
9.	"Lonely Man"	1:33
10.	"Night Shift"	1:49
11.	"45 Seconds"	0:46
12.	"Without a Choice"	0:40
13.	"Detune"	1:52
14.	"We Don't Want the Airwaves"	2:28
15.	"Closer to the Edge"	3:36

Personnel

Yotam Ben Horin - lead vocals, bass
Ishay Berger - lead guitar, backing vocals
Guy Carmel - rhythm guitar, vocals
Gideon Berger - drums, percussion

Production

Bill Stevenson - production, engineering, arrangement
Jason Livermore - production, engineering, mastering
Adi Khavous - photography

References

Useless ID

Yotam Ben-Horin Ishay Berger Guy Carmel Corey Ben Yehuda Gideon Berger Jonathan Harpak Ido Blaustein Ralph Huber Adi Alkavatz Nadav Alkavatz

Studio albums	Dead's Not Punk Get in the Pita Bread Pit Bad Story, Happy Ending No Vacation from the World Redemption The Lost Broken Bones Muki & Useless ID Symptoms State Is Burning

DVDs	Ratfaces Home Videos Presents Useless ID

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