''Chapter and Verse'' is the seventh and final 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. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...

band

Funeral for a Friend Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, formed in 2001 and currently consists of Matthew Davies-Kreye (lead vocals), Kris Coombs-Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin Burrough (guitar, backing vocals), Darran Smith ...

, 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, as they confirmed on 14 September 2015 that they would be breaking up following a final tour in 2016.

Track listing

Recording personnel

;Funeral for a Friend * Matthew Davies –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

* Kris Coombs-Roberts –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, backing vocals * Gavin Burrough – guitar, backing vocals * Pat Lundy –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, percussion * Richard Boucher –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

Lewis Johns - Producer

References

Funeral for a Friend albums 2015 albums {{2010s-punk-album-stub