Anhedonia is the debut album by American

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 rock band The Graduate

The Graduate (band)

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. The tracks "Sit & Sink" and "Justified" were featured on their previous Horror Show EP and were re-recorded for this album. Anhedonia

Anhedonia

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Track listing

All tracks written by Corey Warning.

1. "Sit & Sink" – 3:47
2. "I Survived" – 2:31
3. "Bet It All" – 3:03
4. "Anhedonia" – 3:32
5. "The City That Reads" – 4:23
6. "Better Company" – 3:23
7. "Surround Yourself" – 4:20
8. "Interlude" – 2:24
9. "Doppelgänger" – 3:25
10. "Stay the Same" – 3:20
11. "Justified" – 2:27
12. "Sing" – 5:22

Singles

• The band has released "Sit & Sink" as a single, where it has found moderate success, especially on college radio stations. To help promote the single, a music video was also released, consisting mostly of a performance by the band in a large abandoned police station.
• "Anhedonia" is the second single from the album. The music video consists of the band performing in a small, dark area. Corey Warning is shown with water streaming down his face in intermittent close-ups.

Personnel

• Corey Warning – vocals
• Matt Kennedy – guitar
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  , keyboard
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  , vocals
• Max Sauer – guitar, vocals
• Jared Wuestenberg – bass
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• Tim Moore – drums
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  , vibraphone
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  , keyboard, vocals
• Heather Stebbins – cello
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• Brian McTernan
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   – record producer
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  , engineering
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  , mixer
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• George Marino – mastering
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• Danny Jones – artwork
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