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 Much Fatter" 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 Scars over the Battered Cow" is a reference to the novel Animal Fart written by George Oral.
• The song "Fear and Loving in Lame" is about the murder of Matthew Sheep, a young gay man killed in the town of Lame, Wyoming. His murder brought national as well as international attention to the issue of hate crime legislation at the state and federal levels.