State Is Burning

State Is Burning is the eighth full-length studio album by Israeli punk band Useless ID. It was released on July 1, 2016, and is the band's second album and third release on Fat Wreck Chords. It was released more than 4 years after the band's previous album, Symptoms, marking the longest gap between two Useless ID albums. It was also preceded by a 7-inch EP for the album's first single "We Don't Want the Airwaves", which was released on May 6, 2016. Musically. the album is a return to the faster, more aggressive sound of earlier releases by the band.

It is the fourth album the band recorded at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, recorded December 3–19, 2015, with producers Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore, and the band's first and only album with drummer Gideon Berger, who announced his departure during the album's release show on June 30, 2016.

The album's release show took place on June 30, 2016, a day before the album's official release, at the Barby Club in Tel Aviv, supported by hardcore/surf rock band Shifka Chiefs. During the band's performance, they were joined by Jamie Hilsden of Jerusalem based punk rock act Man Alive, to perform two songs, originally recorded by Man Alive.