Revenge is a Healthy Motive is hardcore punk band Endwell's

Endwell (band)

Endwell is a Metalcore band from Queens, New York formed in 2003, They have released one independent EP, one Full-Length LP on Victory Records, an EP & Full-Length for Mediaskare Records whom the band are currently writing their 3rd Full-Length for....

 second EP and third physical release. This album is also the first release after switching from Victory Records

Victory Records

Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

 to Mediaskare. The album will be released exclusively through iTunes

ITunes

iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

, independent music stores, and directly from the band on tour. The EP departs from the band's previous pop punk/hardcore punk mix and focuses strictly on hardcore. Commenting on the new release, Endwell stated that, "Basically we just wanted to make a record that was hard emotionally and musically. We wanted to write an album that we could enjoy and that made us feel like we did when we started playing hardcore when we were little kids." The album is also expected to be released as a 7" vinyl with slightly altered album art featuring "burning" or red imagery in the background of the title and foreground of the car.

The album art was created by, Dimitri Minakakis

Dimitri Minakakis

Dimitri Minakakis grew up in Morristown, New Jersey. Minakakis is the original singer and founding member of the band The Dillinger Escape Plan. Minakakis left the band in 2001 to focus more on Graphic Arts/Design...

, former lead singer of The Dillinger Escape Plan

The Dillinger Escape Plan

The Dillinger Escape Plan is an American mathcore band from Morris Plains, New Jersey. The group originated in 1997 after the disbanding of Arcane, a hardcore punk trio consisting of Ben Weinman, Dimitri Minakakis, and Chris Pennie. The band's current line-up consists of guitarist Ben Weinman,...

. He has also created album art for Poison the Well's

Poison the Well (band)

Poison the Well was an experimental hardcore band from Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida who were last signed to Ferret Music. Guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Chris Hornbrook were the only remaining members of the band who were involved since their inception, although vocalist Jeffrey Moreira was...

 album Versions

Versions (Poison the Well album)

Versions is Poison the Well's fourth studio album. It was released on April 2, 2007 in Europe and April 3, 2007 World Wide via Ferret Music...

and The Dillinger Escape Plan's album Miss Machine

Miss Machine

Miss Machine is the second album by American mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan, released in July 2004 through Relapse Records. It is the first release by the band to feature vocalist Greg Puciato...

with his new graphic design company, Pronto Workshop.

Track listing

1. "Mike Tyson" – 1:53
2. "Jumping the Shark" – 3:35
3. "Revenge is a Healthy Motive" – 2:56
4. "Glaciers" – 2:20
5. "Sympathy for All Sufferers" – 4:13

Personnel

• Sean Murphy: Vocals
• Danny Pupplo: Guitar
• Matt Rogers: Bass
• Dustin Newcombe: Guitar
• Mean Gene: Drums
• Recorded by Bryan Goldsman and Maniac Aram Abgarian
• Mixed by Bryan Goldsman