''Memory and Humanity'' is the fourth

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by Welsh

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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 13 October 2008. The album was released through the band's own record label Join Us Records in the UK,

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in the US and Canada, and

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in the rest of the world. On 26 January 2008, drummer Ryan Richards made an announcement on the band's forum, stating that FFAF were to spend the first few months of the year recording, with a view to releasing a four or five track EP in March or April 2008. After writing more material than originally planned, the band decided to release a full-length album instead, expected out in September. Ryan also announced that the new album would contain harsh/screaming vocals, riffs and would be closer to ''Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation'' than any of their other albums, although it would still be significantly different and more technical, saying that they want to move forward, and never back to any old style. The first single from the album, "Waterfront Dance Club", was released on 14 July 2008, in the 7" format as a

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along with the track "Beneath the Burning Tree", whilst the song "Waterfront Dance Club" was released as a free download on the same day. On 9 August 2008, the video for the second single from the album, " Kicking and Screaming", appeared on the band's MySpace page. The album was released on 13 October 2008 and reached #17 in the UK album charts selling 10,000 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

Funeral for a Friend: *Kris Coombs-Roberts –

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*Gareth Ellis-Davies –

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, backing vocals *Matthew Davies-Kreye –

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, guitar (tracks 11),

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(tracks 1, 3, 9 and 13) *Ryan Richards –

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, unclean vocals, keyboards (tracks 12), guitar (tracks 13) *Darran Smith – guitar *Romesh Dodangoda - producer, engineer, mixing, backing vocals (tracks 1 and 9) *Matthew Evans - backing vocals (track 1) *Lee Gaze, Mike Lewis, Stuart Richardson and Ilan Rubin of

Lostprophets Lostprophets (stylised as lostprophets) were a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997 by singer and lyricist Ian Watkins and guitarist Lee Gaze. The band was founded after their former band Fleshbind broke up. They later recruited Mike ...

- backing vocals (track 9) *Rob Thomas - assistant engineer *Ted Jensen - mastering *Memory and Humanity was recorded at Long Wave Studios in Cardiff, Wales, and produced by Romesh Dodangoda

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2008 albums Funeral for a Friend albums Victory Records albums Roadrunner Records albums Albums produced by Romesh Dodangoda