# KNAPSACK Commemorates The 25th Anniversary Of The Band’s Final Album ‘This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now’ With New “Katherine The Grateful” Video

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- Published: 2023-09-18T11:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Indie Rock Royalty KNAPSACK Commemorates the 25th Anniversary Of the Band’s Third and Final Album ‘This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now’ With New “Katherine The Grateful” Music Video, Compiling Content From Recent Oral History / Book ‘This Version of Truth’ **

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**Knapsack** is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band’s third and final album
_This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now_ which was released on September
8, 1998.

To commemorate the milestone, the band and Spartan Records have released a new video
for, arguably, the album’s most popular track **“Katherine The Grateful”**, that
pulls content from the label’s oral history / book _This Version of Truth,_ which
was included with the band’s recent box set.

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Knapsack - "Katherine the Grateful" (Official Music Video)

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Founding member Blair Shehan says, _“Back when I was in high school we would have
spirit assemblies, towards the end of the year, where they would project a slide
show of photos of students set to music. Whenever they would show a picture of cool
kids doing cool kids stuff, like playing powder puff football, the crowd would go
bonkers. Not so much if an errant photo of punk rockers or an unpopular kid made
it’s way onto the screen._

_“In honor of the 25th anniversary of ‘This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right
Now’ Spartan Records has put together a music video. They stacked the presentation
with flyers and photos of just us and our friends and set it to music we made. Enjoy
this little spirit assembly and feel free to go bonkers.”_

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In February, Spartan released Knapsack’s three full-length albums, _Silver Sweepstakes_(
1995), _Day Three of My New Life_ (1997), and _This Conversation Is Ending Starting
Right Now_ (1998), fully remastered for vinyl, with each including an out-of-print
bonus track.

In addition, Spartan released an exclusive limited edition, hand-numbered box set
which includes three exclusive variants and the book, titled _This Version of Truth_.

_This Version of Truth_ is an oral history of the highly influential band, but also
the story of like-minded bands coming together in a time before GPS, mobile phones,
the internet, and social media. The 72-page book includes over a hundred exclusive
flyers and photos, a complete show archive, and interviews with members of the band
as well as members **Mineral, Boys Life, Christie Front Drive, 7 Seconds**, and 
other notable contributors. The result is a time capsule from a bygone era of independent
music, a must-have for fans of Knapsack.

Beautifully packaged in a hand-number hardcover slipcase with new art direction 
by **Jeff Caudill (Gameface, Low Coast)**, this special edition release features
the band’s complete catalog remastered for vinyl with three out-of-print bonus tracks
and includes three exclusive vinyl variants only available in this box set.

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_Photo: Dennis Dirksen_

**About Knapsack:** 
Knapsack was an emo/indie rock band that was formed in 1993
by Blair Shehan (vocals/guitar) and Colby Mancasola (drums). Shehan and Mancasola
were two high school friends studying at the University of California, Davis. Guitarist
Jason Bokros and bassist Rod Meyer completed the lineup.

By 1994, the band had recorded a single for independent label Goldenrod Records 
and signed with Alias Records later that year. Their debut album Silver Sweepstakes
was released in 1995. They then toured extensively playing with bands such as Pavement,
Rocket from the Crypt, Jawbox and Drive Like Jehu.

Bokros left the group before the release of their second album Day Three of My New
Life in 1997. He was replaced by Sergie Loobkoff of Samiam. Their third album This
Conversation is Ending Starting Right Now was released in 1998. Knapsack reunited
in 2013 to tour North America, Europe, and Australia.

Knapsack is Blair Shehan, Colby Mancasola, Sergie Loobkoff, and Edward Breckenridge.

**What Others Have Said:** 
_“A band that walked the line between indie rock and
emo, always hinting at a breakout beyond those confines.”- _**_AV Club_**

_“The sound of early-aughts pop emo unfolding in early 1997. Had they formed a few
years later, Knapsack would’ve been Jimmy Eat World.” (“100 Greatest Emo Songs Of
All Time”) – _**_Vulture_**

_“When it comes to Knapsack, either you love them or they aren’t on your radar. 
The group lasted from 1993 to 2000 and during that time, they released three flawless
albums. While members have all gone on to play in acts like Samiam and the Jealous
Sound, there’s always been something indefinable about Knapsack’s brand of music.
You could call it “emo,” but that doesn’t really do it justice because the hooks
are just as massive as the introspective narratives frontman Blair Shehan effortlessly
weaves.”- _**_Vice_**

_“Knapsack’s debut is a spot-on example of the bridge between punk and emo.” (“20
emo classics that helped define today’s scene”) – _**_Alternative Press_**

_“In the years before “emo” became a dirty word — that’d be 1995 to 1998 — this 
California outfit delivered three albums of potent, crunching self-flagellation.
Their awesomely titled swan song, This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now,
is a minor classic of twentysomething despair: Frontman Blair Shehan hisses venomous
lyrics over sharp, lurching riffs, as strings, organ, and sleigh bells (!) dial 
up the drama.”- _**_SPIN_**

_“Their wordy powerpop-infected emo still resonates today. Especially with bands
like Title Fight, Joyce Manor, and the like bringing heart-on-your-sleeve power 
chords to increasingly larger audiences, songs like “Thursday Side of the Street,”“
Katherine the Grateful,” “Please Shut Off the Lights” and just about the entirety
of the set sound like they could have been released yesterday. Time has treated 
this band well.”- _**_Brooklyn Vegan_**

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