Minilo je že kar nekaj časa od dneva, ko so Botch oznanili svoj razid, tako da, je bil tale mini še toliko večje presenečenje, ki se je pojavilo od nikoder. Kdo bi si mislil, da bodo fantje pustili za sabo še pet (+ intro) poslednjih komadov? Glasbeno nadaljujejo, kjer so končali z odličnim albumom ''We're the Romans'' in razen komada ''Afghamistam'', ni prišlo do kakšnjih večjih sprememb. Ostajajo pri svojem patentiranim pisanju komadov z nenavadno razmetanim igranjem, nesoglasnimi rifi, ter lomljivimi ritmi...seveda napravljeno po receptu, ki ga lahko obvladjo samo talentirani glasbeniki. Komplicirano in polno presenečenj od začetka do konca! Vokal ostaja učinkovit kot vedno…gorobo kricanje z malce distorzije. Najbolj me je presenetil čudoviti ''Afghamistam'', ki traja 7 minut in ga sestavlja prelepo umirjeno igranje z nežnim petjem, ki se jima proti koncu pridružita še klavir in mislim da viola. Fantastičen komad! Nenavaden je tudi zadnji komad ''Micharagua'', ki se prične s skoraj 2 min dolgim bobenskim solom in mu sledi težko, ponavljajoče se nažiganje, ki še najbolj spominja na kak industrial-metal bend. Precej nezanimiv zaključek, ce mene vprašate. Ovitek je navzven precej neobicajen... prikazuje zimsko pokrajinsko sliko z gorovjem in podobno je tudi znotraj, le da je tu vse v modro-belih kombinacijah in izgleda še lepše. Besedila so osebna in globoka...sicer ne najdem nobene povezave z naslovi komadov, ter njihovo vsebino in se mi niti sanja ne zakaj so v vseh naslovih (Spaim, Japam, Framce, Vietmam,...) zamenjali črko ''n'' z ''m'' in niti ne zakaj so izbrali takšne naslove? Kljub temu, so mi kar všeč... ''You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line/ You'll find a life on the outside/ You can't deny the walks too long, you'll get there in half the time/ if you take a seat on the shotgun site...'' Všeč so mi tudi krajše razlage, ki so jih vkljičili poleg besedil! ''An anthology of dead ends'' je vsekako prepričljiv MCD in imam občutek, da sem trenutno bolj v Botch glasbi kot kdarkoli prej, kar pove tudi to, da sem po dolgem času obrisal prah tudi iz njihove prejšne plate, ki sem jo zgoraj omenil. Želim si, da bi imeli v rokavu še kakšno presenečenje!

English Version:
Quite some time passed by since Botch declared it quit, so it was more than a plasent surprise when this mini appeared out of nowhere. Who thought the guys will leave behind their five final songs (+intro)? Musically they continue where they stopped with their great full-length ''We are the Romans'' and except for the ''Afghamistam'' I can't really talk about changes. They keep on with their patented song writing which's full of unusual massy playing like dissonant chord preogressions and twisted rhythms, all very complex and full of surprises...of course, everything done by talented and experienced artists! Vocalist is as always effective, using harsh screaming with just a little bit of distortion. My favourite is 7 min long beauty ''Afghamistam'' composed by wonderful calm playing, tender singing and some piano and viola (not totally sure) addition towards the end. Brilliant! Exceptional is also ''Micharague'' which begins with almost 2 min long drum solo and than burst into some heavy, repetitive torture reminding me on some industrial-metal outfit. If you ask me that's a pretty uninteresting close up. Layout is very... hmm... different. Winter mountain landscape on the frontside as well as inside with exception that inside it's all in blue'n'white combination and looks even more amazing. Lyrics are personal and deep...I can't really link their content with song titles and I have no idea why the used letter ''m'' insted of ''n'' in every singe song title (Spaim, Japam, Framce, Vietmam,...), not to mention why choosing that kind of titles? Anyway, I pretty like what they have to say... ''You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line/ You'll find a life on the outside/ You can't deny the walks too long, you'll get there in half the time/ if you take a seat on the shotgun site...'' I also like addition of these brief explenations almost every song poessess! ''An anthology of dead ends'' is definitely a convincing MCD and I have a feeling like I was never more into Botch music than I'm now. I wish they would have another surprise up their sleeve!