Persona (Karnivool EP)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Persona

| type = ep

| artist = Karnivool

| cover = Karnivool-persona.JPG

| alt =

| released = 1 March 2001
15 December 2005

| recorded = August, September, December 2000

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 33:49

| label = Sic Squared

| producer = {{Hlist|Forrester Savell|Karnivool}}

| prev_title = Karnivool

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Themata

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative Cover

| type = ep

| cover = Persona-karnivool.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = 2005 reissue

}}

}}

Persona is an EP released by the Australian rock band Karnivool. The disc was originally released on 1 March 2001 via Sic Squared Records,{{cite web|url=http://www.air.org.au/members_cat/web_main_right.php?PHPSESSID=&apply=artist&tab=logic&submit=search&search_string=Karnivool%20&title_search=&label_search=&artist_search=&find=Karnivool|title=Karnivool|publisher=AIR|work=AIR database|accessdate=4 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927151544/http://www.air.org.au/members_cat/web_main_right.php?PHPSESSID=&apply=artist&tab=logic&submit=search&search_string=Karnivool%20&title_search=&label_search=&artist_search=&find=Karnivool|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}} selling 2,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/persona/249669|title=Persona - Karnivool|publisher=JB Hi-Fi|accessdate=4 January 2010}} It was re-released on the band's own label on 12 December 2005 via MGM Distribution, whilst the band were touring for their album Themata. The re-release reaching #1 on the AIR Charts Top 20 Singles (Independent Distribution) chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.australianmusicoffice.com/Charts/59/|title=The AIR Independent Charts|publisher=Australian Music Office|accessdate=4 January 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121005914/http://www.australianmusicoffice.com/Charts/59/|archivedate=21 January 2010}} The re-release featured a different inkblot cover. In 2006, the EP was nominated for 'Best Performing Single/EP' at the inaugural Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.air.org.au/pdf/ChartsAwards/Bios%20Best%20Single.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=AIR|title=2006 Nominees: Best Performing Independent Single/EP|date=20 November 2006|accessdate=4 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927151625/http://www.air.org.au/pdf/ChartsAwards/Bios%20Best%20Single.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}} The EP was subsequently released in the United States on 24 April 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicstack.com/item.cgi?item=51566697 |title=Karnivool - Persona|publisher=Music Stack|accessdate=4 January 2010}}