Richmond, VA’s The Riot Before have recorded an acoustic EP version of their critically acclaimed album “Fists Buried in Pockets,” released last year on Say-10 Records. The acoustic EP is entitled “Fists… Out of Sockets.” The seven song EP is available for FREE download via the band’s recently announced new home, Paper + Plastick.

Check out the FREE download here.

Singer Brett Adams had this to say about the EP:

“Fists… Out of Sockets represents a fun departure for us. When Vinnie (Paper+Plastick) first suggested we release an acoustic version of Fists Buried in Pockets my initial idea was to just sit down in a room alone and knock it all out first take, but then I got to thinking and realized that we have a lot of really talented friends, and decided it would be fun to bring them into the recording process. With that in mind, we recruited our friend Patrick Ball to engineer and produce, and got to work re-recording 7 of the songs from Fists Buried in Pockets in his basement. We convinced some incredible musicians we knew to contribute horns and cello on a few songs and we’re all really excited how it turned out. These recordings are not at all intended to be a hint at things to come for us, rather, they represent a fun time spent recording with friends, seeing what else could be done with songs that we as a band are all still very proud of. Sometimes that led to a major reconstruction, while other times it meant removing a lot of what had been there. What we ended up with came out better than I had imagined, which had a lot less to do with us and more to do with everyone else involved, especially Patrick. We hope you enjoy it. See you on tour!”

The band is also heading out on tour with A Wilhelm Scream, including a performance at this year’s THE FEST 8 over Halloween weekend in Gainesville, FL. The band recently announced their plans to hit the studio this winter to record a new full length for their new label, Paper + Plastick.

You can click “more” below for their tour date with A Wilhelm Scream.

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