Their sixth and latest studio album Have You Considered Punk Music was released June 29, 2018, on Run For Cover Records.
End of a Year started as a side project for a number of musicians based in Albany, New York already involved in full-time bands.
Sincerely was recorded with Don Zientara at Inner Ear Studio, adding to the perception that the band was striving for a DC-centered sound; the actual music, however, strayed further from that model than on previous releases.
The band regularly names songs after actual people with lyrical content that, though oblique, seems to reference the person.
"[2] On various vinyl releases, Self Defense used several "also known as" monikers including: Barf Spectrum, Meredith Hunter, Comforter, Pewter Wizards, and Weird Field.
Among them includes 4–5 songs EP[clarification needed] sometimes with specific themes, like the relationship focused Duets and "Superior" which is centred on the movement to make the Upper Peninsula the 51st state.