Austere (EP)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Austere

| type = EP

| artist = Sparta

| cover = Austere cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 26, 2002

| recorded = 2002

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock, post-hardcore, indie rock, emo

| length = {{Duration|m=16|s=05}}

| label = DreamWorks

| producer = Sparta

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Wiretap Scars

| next_year = 2002

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r581530|first=McKenzie|last=Wilson}}

| rev2 = Stylus Magazine

| rev2score = C+[http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/sparta/austere-ep.htm Stylus Magazine review, September 1, 2003] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027193703/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/sparta/austere-ep.htm |date=October 27, 2011 }}

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Austere is an EP by Sparta, released in 2002 on DreamWorks Records. Their first record, it was released one year after the break-up of At the Drive-In.

All of the songs were re-recorded for Sparta's debut album Wiretap Scars, however "Vacant Skies" appeared on the UK version of the album as a bonus track. It also appeared on the compilation album Dragging the Lake II, released by Atticus clothing company.Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake, Vol. 2 It was recorded at Rosewood Studios in El Paso, Texas by Mike Major.