A Calculated Use of Sound

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A Calculated Use of Sound is an EP released by Protest the Hero in 2003. It was later re-released in 2004 with re-mastered tracks, a remade cover with a black color scheme, and an additional song titled "Soft Targets Make Softer Graves".

The re-release made its debut in America with the release of Kezia; the band gave free copies to the first one hundred people who pre-purchased the album.

This album's sound bears little resemblance to the band's later music, and is more hardcore punk in sound.

Track listing

1. "Red Stars over the Battle of the Cowshed" – 2:51
2. "An Apathetic New World" – 3:07
3. "These Colours Don't Run" – 3:13
4. "Soft Targets Make Softer Graves" – 4:29 – Only available on the re-release version.
5. "Fear and Loathing in Laramie" – 3:28
6. "Led Astray" – 4:33
7. "I Am Dmitri Karamazov and the World is My Father" – 3:35

Trivia

• The song title "I Am Dmitri Karamazov and the World is My Father" is a direct quote from the novel The Brothers Karamazov, the last novel written by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky before his death.
• The song "Red Stars over the Battle of Cowshed" is a reference to the novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell.
• The song "Fear and Loathing in Laramie" is about the murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man killed in the town of Laramie, Wyoming. His murder brought national as well as international attention to the issue of hate crime legislation at the state and federal levels.