~ FUNERAL for a FRIEND ~

Dass sich mit der Alternative Rock/Nu Metal/Emo-Bewegung die Szene von Kalifornien ausgehend - und dort speziell Orange County - weitgehend globalisisert hat, zeigen Bands wie Funeral For A Friend (FFAF). Vom Sound her kaum von den amerikanischen Kollegen zu unterscheiden, kommt das Quintett von einem Fleckchen Europa, das hin und wieder tatsächlich interessante Künstler hervorbringt: Wales, das Kohlerevier Großbritanniens. Wohl in Ermangelung anderer Freizeitaktivitäten gründet sich Funeral For A Friend in den frühen Tagen des Jahres 2002. Bestehend aus Matt Davies (voc.), Kris Roberts (git.), Darren Smith (git.), Gareth Davies (bass, voc.) und Ryan Richards (dr., voc) widmet sich die Band dem emotional geladenen Postcore, gewürzt mit Punk- und Hardcore-Einflüssen. Bereits im August 2002 erscheint ihre erste EP "Between Order And Model" auf Swanseas Mighty Atom Records, produziert von Joe Gibb, der immerhin schon mit Jane's Addiction und Leftfield zusammengearbeitet hat.

Lyrics :

Roses For The Dead

Just to say we're sorry
For the black eyes and bleeding lips
When it's hard to forget
How many lies we told,
Or how we'd grow
Before i said goodbye
So lets scrape our knees on the playground

It's not your fault
You feel okay,
It's too late in the day
It's not your fault,
You feel betrayed,
And can't come out to play

I never listened to a word,
You never said,
I never listened to a word,
You never said,

Wasting the hours now,
We're all suckers for tragedies,
We'll start this over again,
And you bring us to our knees,

As sunrise comes,
And the story will sell
A few hundred papers,
So we'll follow you up!

It's not your fault
You feel okay,
It's too late in the day
It's not your fault,
You feel betrayed,
And can't come out to play

I never listened to a word,
You never said,
I never listened to a word,
You never said,

So raise your hands up high,
And let this rain pour on,
So raise your hands up high,
And Wash us away,

Like innocence and childbirth
You look just like your mother,
And you look just like your father



Forgive him our father,
Your son is smiling
So lay roses around you...