Say Anything's shenanigans have been escalating for a while.First off, congratulations to Sherri and Max Bemis for being blessed with a baby girl, Lucy. I can't wait until Sherri has her and we get to see her pretty face. Watching them put together the nursery has been an adorable experience.
Secondly, SA has picked up none other than Adam Siska, formerly of The Academy Is… He's an incredible bassist and I think that the band is going to benefit greatly from this addition. I can't wait to see them live again with this new lineup next time they come around.
Lastly, but by far the most exciting, is that the band will be releasing a collection of remastered and perfected B-Sides and rarities. Titled All My Friends Are Enemies: The Early Rarities, it'll be out on January 22nd. “This release is over ten years in the making and something I’ve been dying to share with kids,” Bemis says. “We have incredible fans who have taken the time to dig for these tracks in the past so I see this as my way of rewarding them for being so awesome and hardcore.” Here is the extensive and wonderful track listing:
Disc One – Baseball: An Album by Say Anything
1. Colorblind
2. Showdown at P-Town
3. Into the Night
4. All My Friends
5. Ants in My Pants
6. The Ocean Liner Incident
7. Mackdaddy
8. Shameless
9. That’s That (Do What We Want)
10. Resounding
11. Rats
12. Manhattan
13. “Sure, Baby…Hold Back.”
14. The Last Great Punk Rock Song
15. Where the Hurt Is
1. Colorblind
2. Showdown at P-Town
3. Into the Night
4. All My Friends
5. Ants in My Pants
6. The Ocean Liner Incident
7. Mackdaddy
8. Shameless
9. That’s That (Do What We Want)
10. Resounding
11. Rats
12. Manhattan
13. “Sure, Baby…Hold Back.”
14. The Last Great Punk Rock Song
15. Where the Hurt Is
Disc Two – Menorah/Majora EP and the Dormroom Demos
1. A Walk Through Hell
2. You Help Them
3. Try to Remember, Forget
4. By Tonight
5. Baseball, But Better
6. I Am a Transylvanian
7. I Want to Know Your Plans
8. For the Silent
9. All This Fashion
10. Until the Bombs
11. The Keg is Bleeding!
12. Signal the Riflemen
13. A Boston Peace
14. The Great Awakening
15. A Certain Type of Genius
16. My Bare Hands
17. Nudity
1. A Walk Through Hell
2. You Help Them
3. Try to Remember, Forget
4. By Tonight
5. Baseball, But Better
6. I Am a Transylvanian
7. I Want to Know Your Plans
8. For the Silent
9. All This Fashion
10. Until the Bombs
11. The Keg is Bleeding!
12. Signal the Riflemen
13. A Boston Peace
14. The Great Awakening
15. A Certain Type of Genius
16. My Bare Hands
17. Nudity
Disc Three – Junior Varsity and Other Early Rarities
1. Baseball, But Better (2012 Acoustic Version)
2. The Presidential Suite
3. Thoughts on a Liberal Education
4. A Boston Peace (Brett Gurewitz mix)
5. Consigliore
6. Jessie and My Whetstone
7. The Last Great Punk Rock Song (JV Version)
8. Dreaming of Manhattan
9. She Got Away
10. High School Low
11. All My Friends are Enemies
12. Sappy
13. Anti-Anti
2. The Presidential Suite
3. Thoughts on a Liberal Education
4. A Boston Peace (Brett Gurewitz mix)
5. Consigliore
6. Jessie and My Whetstone
7. The Last Great Punk Rock Song (JV Version)
8. Dreaming of Manhattan
9. She Got Away
10. High School Low
11. All My Friends are Enemies
12. Sappy
13. Anti-Anti
This three-disc collection is chock full of songs that have never been heard before, or have only been performed live. I'm super stoked. The first pressing of the release is limited to 5000 physical copies and includes detailed personal essays about the band and each album, written by Bemis. I can't wait to get it- I'm dying to know what those essays say. I'm a huge fan of Say Anything, and this collection is going to be the band's greatest release yet.