Funeral For A Friend

I never really understood what post-hardcore was meant to sound like. Ummm … I still don’t. Wine connoisseurs don’t know what they’re chatting about either and you still drink that shit, so shut up. I think Funeral for a Friend are meant to be post hardcore.

I’m pretty lost for words to be quite honest. But that’s not really any good for you, I imagine. Well they have a ‘melodic vocalist’ and an ‘aggressive vocalist’ also. Which is nice. They look like Lost Prophets without the $10k clothing allowance, because I’m not allowed to mention them in the same sentence. Actually, bollocks to that: I’m a crazy rebel. Let’s base this whole review around comparing them to their fellow Welshmen.

Well you know they dress kinda the same. They both like denim. I know this for a fact because both bands have said so. I dunno if Lost Prophets like Bon Jovi but F4aF were talking about him. He likes denim too. I couldn’t be sure if they were taking the piss though. It troubled me that some would take to taking the piss out of Bon Jovi. I mean, c’mon, there is NO need. F4aF are a bit more punk and a lot less hiphop than LP and don’t wear as much denim as BJ. There is no crazy screaming DJ / turntable masterman to make you laugh, so F4aF bring to you a crazy screaming drummer complete with Madge-style headset microphone to make you giggle slightly. Vogue. Come on. Move it. Vogue. Strike a pose. He does do ‘aggressive’ well enough to ensure you don’t laugh in his face though.

Anyway. That’s already dead boring and I’m getting ageing American rock bandits involved now too. Funeral for a Friend aren’t! Boring or American bandits! Oh my chuffing hell, they aren’t. They are truly, “I’ve got a younger girlfriend … back of the net!” style quality. The best. Look out. Comin’ at ya.