What I'm saying is that if you've been a casual FFAF listener, you'll likely be confused with how the new songs are much more simple and compact, hitting hard, fast and relentlessly in little over two minutes each. So really it shouldn't be so baffling that "Conduit" has come out almost like a European counterpart to Silverstein's "Short Songs" - a venture away from the band's traditional post-hardcore/emo-rock and over into the tenets of more traditional, melodic hardcore punk. Somehow though, I'm more surprised by the recently released "Conduit", although I guess in some way I shouldn't be.įollowers of the band will know that they've always spoken openly about being highly influenced by heavier bands, both traditional heavy metal like Iron Maiden but also a different heaviness coming from their youth spent in the local hardcore scene. Chasing bigger things across their first three records meant the Welsh quintet seemed to have lost its sense of self by the time they got around to the grasping and forgetable "Memory & Humanity", which is why 2011's "Welcome Home Armageddon" was such a surprising return to form. It's weird considering how long the band have been going on - at least with one lineup or another - but when you look down Funeral For A Friend's discography, considering the remarkably different albums they've released, they don't come off as a band that have ever felt totally at home on any one record they've made. Funeral For A Friend Conduit Written by: TL
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