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| artist = [[Self (band)|Self]]

| artist = [[Self (band)|Self]]

| album = [[Ornament & Crime]]

| album = [[Ornament & Crime]]

| released = August 25, 2017<ref>{{cite web |author=El Camino Media|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BVIJo-UhzT2/|title=13 years in the making, sElf’s Ornament & Crime is finally coming this summer!|website=[[Instagram]]|language=en|date=June 9, 2017|accessdate=November 20, 2025}}</ref>

| released = August 25, 2017

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| format =

| recorded = Early 2001 (Evolution version)<br>2002–2003 (Album version)

| recorded = Early 2001 (Evolution version)<br>2002–2003 (Album version)

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==Background==

==Background==

After the release of Self’s third studio album ”[[Breakfast with Girls]]” (1999), lead band member [[Matt Mahaffey]] was given music writing offers in movies from Self’s then-label, [[DreamWorks Records]]. The first of which was the song “[[Stay Home]]” (2002), appearing in the 2001 animated fantasy comedy [[Shrek]]. Mahaffey was also given an offer to produce the ending credits of the 2001 sci-fi comedy [[Evolution (2001 film)|Evolution]].

After the release of Self’s third studio album ”[[Breakfast with Girls]]” (1999), lead band member [[Matt Mahaffey]] was given music writing offers in movies from Self’s then-label, [[DreamWorks Records]]. The first of which was the song “[[Stay Home]]” (2002), appearing in the 2001 animated fantasy comedy [[Shrek]]. Mahaffey was also given an offer to produce the ending credits of the 2001 sci-fi comedy [[Evolution (2001 film)|Evolution]].

==Writing==

==Writing==


Latest revision as of 20:39, 20 November 2025

2017 song by Self

Out with a Bang[a] is a song by American pop rock band Self, released on August 25, 2017. It appears as the the eleventh track on their fifth studio album Ornament & Crime (2017), distributed through El Camino Media. The song is constructed upon a electronic power pop instrumentation alongside rock, lyrically dealing with mortality and existential confusion. Although originally created to appear solely in the film Evolution (2001), “Out with a Bang” was later used in an award winning Team Fortress 2 machinima, boosting its popularity online before its official release.

After the release of Self’s third studio album Breakfast with Girls (1999), lead band member Matt Mahaffey was given music writing offers in movies from Self’s then-label, DreamWorks Records.[2] The first of which was the song “Stay Home” (2002), appearing in the 2001 animated fantasy comedy Shrek.[3] Mahaffey was also given an offer to produce the ending credits of the 2001 sci-fi comedy Evolution. Mahaffey met with

  1. ^ Also known solely as “Bang!” in Mini CD singles sent to Dreamwork executives and band associates.

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