My Best Defense is the third EP released by the Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

 based trio Single File

Single File (band)

Single File is a band from Westminster, Colorado. After achieving local success, the band was signed to Reprise Records in 2006.- History :The group started out originally as a swing jazz trio when its members were in high school, though members Sloan Anderson and Chris Depew had been playing...

. This album was the band's final independent release before getting signed to Reprise Records

Reprise Records

Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...

. When Single File's first radio single, "Zombies Ate My Neighbors," was released in September 2006 My Best Defense was the band's only available record as previous EPs had gone out of print. Expecting the single, fans of the band purchased this EP; however the song would not see a physical release until No More Sadface

No More Sadface

No More Sadface is the fourth EP released by the Denver, Colorado based trio Single File. It features the radio hit "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" and was their first release on Reprise Records...

in 2007. Due to this discrepancy, "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" was heavily illegally downloaded with an estimated 10,000 downloads in one week. The song "Velcro" from this EP would also later be re-recorded and featured on No More Sadface.

This album was self-released, self-promoted, and self-produced by Single File.

Track listing

All lyrics written and all music composed by Single File.

1. "Velcro" – 3:02
2. "The Grocery Store Song" – 3:01
3. "Look At Me, I'm Crying" – 3:36
4. "My Best Defense" – 3:21
5. "Everything (Stand Tall)" – 4:15

Personnel

Single File

• Sloan Anderson – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  , bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   (on tracks 3 & 4)
• Joe Ginsberg – bass, backing vocals, piano
  Piano
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  , guitar (on tracks 3 & 4)
• Chris Depew – drums
  Drum kit
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  , backing vocals, piano

Production

• Engineered by Eric Arm
• Mixed by Ed Rose
• Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper
• Packaging by M|M Publishing & Packaging
• Cover concept and illustration by Laura Taylor, Elysia Howell and Sloan Anderson
• Album art and layout by Sloan Anderson