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.

[3] It was recorded at Rosewood Studios in El Paso, Texas by Mike Major.