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FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND - Tales Don't Tell Themselves
| AbsolutePunk |
| After busting out on the American post-hardcore scene in 2003 with the aggressive Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation, the Welsh quintet Funeral For A Friend have slowly yet progressively changed their sound from screaming and post-hardcore to more of a rock and roll vibe. The transformation began with 2005’s major label debut, Hours, and has been fine tuned on their latest release, Tales Don’t Tell Themselves. A complete 180 from Casually Dressed and more focused than Hours, Tales Don’t Tell Themselves serves as a concept record about a fisherman lost at sea and trying to make his way back home....full text |
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| MusicOMH.com |
| They say time brings change, that nothing ever stays the same. And it's true, just ask Welsh rock mob Funeral For A Friend. The band have continued to grow ever since their startlingly brilliant debut Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation, so much so that frontman Matt Davies forayed effectively into alt-country land as part of side project The Secret Show just a mere couple of months ago....full text |
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| Aversion |
| Maybe we're asking too much of our pop-punk bands these days. Look at the transformations they've forced upon themselves, going from writing catchy three-chord bubblegum songs about girls who want nothing to do with them to penning overarching, conceptual albums full of sophomoric themes, convoluted storylines and cardboard cut-out characters. It's as if in an attempt to make up for a couple albums of frivolous pop-punk (which isn't always a bad thing), they overcompensate and fly off the deep end to prove their smarts. The list of offenders is great: My Chemical Romance, Brand New, Coheed and Cambria ......full text |
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