When the Ship Goes Down

When The Ship Goes Down
EP by The Holidays
Released	11 October 2008
Recorded	August 2008
Genre	Indie rock, Pop rock
Label	Liberation Music
Producer	Wayne Connolly, the Holidays
The Holidays chronology
The Holidays EP (2008) When The Ship Goes Down (2008) Moonlight Hours (2010)

When The Ship Goes Down is the second official extended play by the Australian indie band, the Holidays.^[1] It was released on 11 October 2008, less than 6 months after the release of their debut, The Holidays EP. Recorded with Wayne Connolly producing, When the Ship Goes Down is a concept EP, "about the decline of relationships and the thrill when one catches you by surprise".^[2]

The lead single off this EP, "Mexico", had a music video made for it. It received regular airplay on national youth radio station Triple J.