Welsh rockers FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND released ‘Memory And Humanity’, their eagerly anticipated fourth album, this Monday via their label, Join Us Records. It was preceded by the ‘Kicking And Screaming’ (review) single on Sept 29.
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One of the UK’s most successful rock acts, Funeral For A Friend have notched up a staggering number of successes during their illustrious five year career. Three gold selling albums. Nine Top 20 singles. Half a decade of global touring taking in Singapore, Thailand, Australasia, Japan, America and every corner of Europe. Twenty plus magazine front covers in the UK. Headlining the NME Awards tour in 2005. Supporting the likes of Iron Maiden, Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance. Selling out the 8,000 tickets for an Alexandra Palace show in a heartbeat. Winning BT Digital Artist of the Year in 2007.
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FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND are truly a phenomenon.
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Yesterday (exactly five years to the day that their debut record ‘Casually Dressed and Deep In Conversation’ hit the shelves!) they released their fourth album, ‘Memory And Humanity’. Produced by Romesh Dodangoda at Longwave Studios, Cardiff, it clearly demonstrates the bands current explosive form.
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Featuring thirteen new tracks, ‘Memory And Humanity’ draws fire from the muscular intensity of their earlier material and melds it seamlessly to the melodic intelligence of latter albums ‘Hours’ and ‘Tales Don’t Tell Themselves’. This album shows the band to be as incisively relevant as ever.
TRACKLISTING
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1. Rules And Games
2. To Die Like Mouchette
3. Kicking And Screaming
4. Constant Illuminations
5. Maybe I Am?
6. You Can’t See The Forest For The Wolves
7. Building
8. Beneath The Burning Tree
9. Someday The Fire…
10. Waterfront Dance Club
11. Charlie Don’t Surf
12. Ghosts
13. Constant Resurrections
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The album will be available in the following formats:
Standard Cd
CD + DVD (Ltd Edition)
Itunes – with exclusive album tracks
The band are currently on an extensive UK tour that will take place throughout October, November and December 2008.
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Support on the tour will come from Canadian metallers Cancer Bats, Irish upstarts In Case Of Fire and Welsh combo Attack Attack.
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“In my opinion this is the most exciting and eclectic touring lineup we’ve ever put together,” explains Ryan Richards (Drums). “Every band brings something extra to the evening and will definitely bring the best out of us and keep us on our toes. We’re going to have to limit ourselves to how many brand new songs we’re going to play I think, otherwise we might get carried away and play the whole thing. It’s just an album full of songs that are begging to be unleashed upon our lovely fans.”
Catch them live at one of the following:
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Tue 14 Oct Dublin Academy
Wed 15 Oct Belfast Spring & Airbrake
Thu 16 Oct Inverness Ironworks
Sat 18 Oct Glasgow ABC
Sun 19 Oct Leeds Metropolitan University
Mon 20 Oct Hull University
Wed 22 Oct Preston 53 Degrees
Thu 23 Oct Whitehaven Civic Hall
Fri 24 Oct Manchester Academy 2
Sun 26 Oct Birmingham Academy
Mon 27 Oct Coventry Kasbah
Tue 28 Oct Nottingham Rock City
Thu 30 Oct Exeter Lemon Grove
Fri 31 Oct Portsmouth Pyramid
Sat 01 Nov Oxford Academy
Mon 03 Nov Norwich Waterfront
Tue 04 Nov London Forum
Tue 09 Dec Tenby De Valence Pavilion
Wed 10 Dec Swansea Sin City
Fri 12 Dec Cardiff University
Sat 13 Dec Wrexham Central Station
Sun 14 Dec Aberyswyth Arts Centre
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Darran Smith – Guitar | Kris Coombs-Roberts – Guitar | Gav Burrough – Bass and backing vocals
Ryan Richards – Drums and backing vocals | Matthew Davies – Lead Vocals
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