End of a Year have announced a few updates.

Firstly, the band has officially changed their name to End of a Year Self Defense Family. Astute followers will note that the band has been playing live under the moniker for some time, and have even printed merchandise items with the name. However, as frontman Patrick Kindlon explains:

"We wanted to change the name to just Self Defense Family years ago, but the problem has been that we've always got some stock of records sitting at one label or another and changing the name screws those people who have been kind enough to put us out because it rebrands and makes our already difficult-to-sell records more difficult to sell. But right now we've got a bunch of material ready to go and it's a good time to sell that old farm and buy that new condo. The Self Defense condo. Never again will we have to clarify 'no, no, end of "A" year. "A" year, not "the",' when customs officials or girlfriend's parents ask what band we play in."

Secondly, the band is set to kick off a series dubbed Island Sessions later this year, having just returned from a weekend at Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Jamaica. "Once a year we'll record a couple songs on an island," Kindlon elaborates. "This year Jamaica, next year, I dunno, England? Haiti? Clerke Rocks? We'll try to do mix of famous studios and lesser-known spots. Anyone know anyone in Madripoor?" The Jamaica sessions will result in the "I'm Going Through Some Shit" b/w "All Fruit Is Ripe" 7" later this year via Deathwish.

Lastly, the band has been added to the first day of Krazy Fest (May 20th) alongside Against Me!, Small Brown Bike, Strike Anywhere and many others.

The upstate New York act released You Are Beneath Me in 2010.