Funeral For A Friend - Escape Artists Never Die

by Mark Rowland

published: 19 / 2 / 2004

Funeral For A Friend - Escape Artists Never Die

Label: Infectious Music
Format: CDS

intro

Formulaic, but impressive new single from the fast-rising Funeral for a Friend

It is amazing how fast Funeral for a Friend have become one of the UK's biggest rock bands. Little over a year ago they were an underground emo-core band, known in the right circles, but hardly thought of as a commercial prospect. Now they're the premier choice for Britain's skater kids, and arevery likely to make a big impact stateside as well. 'Escape Artists Never Die' is the latest single off their debut album, 'Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation', and is likely to keep them on their upward trend to superstardom. The track follows a kind of formula that FFAF have in their songs,emo with a slight metal-core edge to the guitars. Despite this formulaic element, it's easy to get past this, as Funeral have a major saving grace- they know how to write a good tune. You can't avoid it. It plants itself into your memory and lingers there for a very long time. For a long time I wasn't that keen on Funeral for a Friend, but the more you hear their songs, the more they force you to like them. This is definitely worth getting if you are a fan of a good emotional song, and you're not too bothered by annoying hype.

Track Listing:-

1 Escape Artists Never Die
2 You Want Romance?
3 10 Scene Points To The Winner

Band Links:-

http://funeralforafriend.com/
https://www.facebook.com/funeralforafriend
https://twitter.com/ffaf
https://www.youtube.com/user/FuneralTube
https://plus.google.com/107881021928826489295

Label Links:-

http://www.infectiousmusicuk.com/
https://www.facebook.com/infectiousmusicuk
https://twitter.com/Infectious_uk
https://www.youtube.com/user/infectiousmusicuk
https://vimeo.com/infectiousmusic

interviews

Interview (2005)

Funeral for a Friend have had five Top 40 singles and two bestselling albums, but success has not come entirely smoothly. Guitarist Darren Smith talks to Ana Grabov about their new album 'Hours' and the reality of life on the road

Interview (2004)

live reviews

Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 8/2/2013

Dave Goodwin finds Welsh hardcore band Funeral for a Friend to be on thunderous form at a gig in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham

features

Funeral for a Friend (2008)

Funeral For A Friend - Funeral for a Friend

Katie Anderson photographs bestselling Welsh post-hardcore act Funeral for a Friend at a gig at the Bournemouth Opera House on a British tour

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reviews

See You All in Hell (2011)

Fantastic combination of new tracks, re-mixes and live performances, this is a welcome on nine track EP from Funeral For A Friend, which serves as an appendage to their recent @Welcome Home Armageddon' album

Welcome Home Armageddon (2011)