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band

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, released in October 2012 through Rise Records. It marks the reunion of the band's original lineup—singer

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, guitarists Josh Colbert and Nick Dominguez, bassist Chad Neptune, and drummer

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—and is their first album together since 2001's ''

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''. It is also the band's first album since breaking up in 2006 and reuniting in 2010.

Background

Further Seems Forever formed in

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in 1998 and originally consisted of singer

, guitarists Josh Colbert and Nick Dominguez, bassist Chad Neptune, and drummer

. By 2000 Carrabba had begun working on his own project,

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, recording material he considered too personal for Further Seems Forever. At this time the band struggled with interpersonal squabbles and difficulties touring, as Dominguez had a young family and was reluctant to tour outside the state. Carrabba left the band that August to focus on Dashboard Confessional, which went on to mainstream success, but joined them in the studio to record their debut album ''

'' (2001). Dominguez left the band soon after. The remaining members recruited guitarist Derick Cordoba and released two more studio albums with different singers: 2003's ''

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'' with Jason Gleason and 2004's ''

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'' with Jon Bunch. They maintained an amicable relationship with Carrabba, and opened for Dashboard Confessional on several occasions. They played a reunion show with him in 2005, performing ''The Moon Is Down'' in its entirety, but broke up in 2006. The band reunited in 2010, with Carrabba singing and Dominguez on guitar. They began working on a new album in 2011.

Track listing

Personnel

;Band *

– lead vocals,

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, additional engineering *Josh Colbert –

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*Nick Dominguez – guitar, art direction *Chad Neptune –

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 ...

–

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;Production *Mike Fanuele –

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; producer *Jonathan Michael Clark – recording engineer,

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, producer *Ben Homala – additional engineering *Ryan Alexander – additional engineering *

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– mastering

References

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