''Chapter and Verse'' is the seventh full-length album by British

post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. Like the term " post-punk", the term "post-hardcore" has been applied to a broad conste ...

band

Funeral for a Friend Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, Wales, Bridgend, formed in 2001. The band's members are Kris Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin Burrough (guitar, vocals), Darran Smith (guitar), Richard Boucher (bass), an ...

, released on 19 January 2015. This is the first album released by Funeral for a Friend since 2007's '' Tales Don't Tell Themselves'' not to be produced by Romesh Dodangoda, who had produced the band's last three albums starting with 2008's '' Memory and Humanity''.

Release and promotion

On their 2014 tour, Funeral for a Friend incorporated the song "1%" into their set list. The band then debuted the first single from the album, "You've Got a Bad Case of the Religions", on the Rock Show on BBC Radio 1 on 28 September 2014. They announced the title of the album, as well as its release date and a 2015 tour in support of the album the next day. ''Chapter and Verse'' would become the band's final album during their initial run as a band, as they confirmed on 14 September 2015 that they would be breaking up following a final tour in 2016. However, following a string of reunion shows between 2019 and 2023, it was announced that the band would be writing new music, albeit without vocalist Matthew Davies-Kreye who decided to part ways with the band.

Track listing

Recording personnel

;Funeral for a Friend * Matthew Davies – lead vocals * Kris Coombs-Roberts – guitar, backing vocals * Gavin Burrough – guitar, backing vocals * Pat Lundy – drums, percussion * Richard Boucher – bass guitar Lewis Johns – Producer

References

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