# The Holiday EP

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***The Holiday EP*** is an EP by the American [rock](/source/Rock_music) band [Brand New](/source/Brand_New_(band)). This free limited edition album was released on December 15, 2003, and made exclusively available to members of the Brand New [street team](/source/Street_team). Only 1000 copies were pressed.[1]

The first song, "The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot (acoustic)", was recorded live on radio station [KNRK](/source/KNRK) in [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland,_Oregon) on July 10, 2003. "Logan to Government Center (demo)" first surfaced on a leaked demo tape and later re-recorded for release on their debut album *[Your Favorite Weapon](/source/Your_Favorite_Weapon)* (2001). "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows (acoustic)" was also recorded live at a radio station, K-Rock Station WXRK in New York City. Record producer [Mike Sapone](/source/Mike_Sapone), who produced *Your Favorite Weapon*, recorded and mixed the demo version of "Good to Know That If I Ever Need Attention All I Have to Do Is Die (demo)". The final song on the EP is the [Christmas carol](/source/Christmas_carol) "[O Holy Night](/source/O_Holy_Night)", written by [Adolphe Adam](/source/Adolphe_Adam) in 1847 and recorded by Brand New and [Luke Wood](/source/Luke_Wood_(music_executive)) in 2003.

The album art was created by Brian Ewing.

## References

1. ["Brand New Holiday EP Cover"](http://www.brianewing.com/illustration/#/brand-new-holiday-ep-cover/). *brianewing.com*. Retrieved January 12, 2017.

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