"Retreat! Retreat!" is the first single by the English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 instrumental

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

 post rock band 65daysofstatic

65daysofstatic

65daysofstatic are an instrumental post-rock and math rock band from Sheffield, England comprising Paul Wolinski, Joe Shrewsbury, Rob Jones and Simon Wright...

, released on 29 November 2004 on Monotreme.

Overview

The distinctive sample that opens "Retreat! Retreat!" ("This negative energy just makes me stronger, we will not retreat, this band is unstoppable!") is the voice of Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon

Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon is an American actor and film director. He began acting in the late 1970s, gaining fame as a teenage idol during the 1980s.- Early life :...

 from the 1992 film Singles.

The music video for "Retreat! Retreat!" was produced by Media lounge

Media lounge

Media Lounge is an audio-visual collective based in Sheffield and London. It comprises members Dave Holloway, Paul Huxley, Tim Parmee, Tom Rose, Paul Sherlock and Damien Wasylkiw....

.http://www.monotremerecords.com/65dos/65dos.php

An unusual time signature 10/4 is used in the middle of the song.

Track listing

1. "Retreat! Retreat!" – 4:09
2. "AOD" – 6:15 different version from Stumble.Stop.Repeat
   Stumble.Stop.Repeat
   Stumble.Stop.Repeat is the first EP by the Sheffield, UK, instrumental post-rock band 65daysofstatic, released on 1 December 2003 on Dustpunk Records. There has been much online debate as to the exact amount of copies printed but it has been estimated to be as low as 200...
   
   (EP)
3. "The Major Cities Of The World Are Being Destroyed One By One By The Monsters" – 4:09