Funeral for a Friend is a post-hardcore band from Wales. They formed in 200… Read Full Bio ↴Funeral for a Friend is a post-hardcore band from Wales. They formed in 2001 as a sextet called January Thirst. This did not last long, and in 2002 Funeral for a Friend recorded their debut EP Between Order And Model with their original 6-piece line up. After having been together for just a few months, the band changed their line up and subsequently signed a deal with Warner Brothers records for whom they recorded their second EP Four Ways To Scream Your Name.
The band's debut full-length album Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation was released in October 2003. Various singles were lifted off this, including Bullet Theory, Juneau (Juno on previous EPs), She Drove Me To Daytime TV and Escape Artists Never Die. After a B-side to Escape Artists Never Die was released as a single, this was called You Want Romance? the video was sequal to Bullet Theory
A DVD named Spilling Blood In 8MM was released only a year after, documenting every music video, including the two from the EPs 10:45 Amsterdam Conversations and This Year's Most Open Heartbreak, live footage, and the first album's promotion tour, discography, chronology and an exclusive video for Juneau acoustic
In the United States, the EP Seven Ways To Scream Your Name was released instead. It featured three of the tracks from Four Ways To Scream Your Name, three from Between Order And Model and a further unreleased track. The debut was released later.
The second album Hours was released in 2005. Streetcar, Monsters, History and Roses for the Dead have been released as singles.
Funeral For A Friend released the first single, off their 3rd album, Into Oblivion (Reunion) on May 7th 2007 and the album Tales Don't Tell Themselves was released on May 14th 2007. The album caused much controversy with fans of their earlier albums, especially with fans of their EPs and 'Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation', due to a major change in their sound to a more melodic version of their earlier post-hardcore. The band then released the ninth track on Tales Don't Tell Themselves Walk Away. Then the release of The Great Wide Open came in a form of an EP highlighting the bands earlier part of their career containing not only the single The Great Wide Open but live versions of most of their older EP songs.
FFAF released a new album in 2008 via their newly formed label Join Us, after leaving Atlantic. On the 27th August 2008, it was announced that the band had licensed their new record to Victory Records for the U.S. and Canadian releases. The album was released via the label on October 28, 2008. It was also released via Roadrunner Records in the rest of the world, apart from the UK, where it was released through the band's own label, Join Us.
On September 4, 2008, it was announced via a MySpace blog post that Gareth Davies had left the band, to be replaced by Gavin Burrough (Hondo Maclean, Ghostlines, The Future). "As some of you may know, Gareth has been living in America for the past couple of years, and recently got married. Ultimately, the strain of travelling between continents has taken it's toll and Gareth made the decision that it would be in the best interests of himself, his family and Funeral to leave the band. We totally respect and understand his choice, wish him all the best in his future and we thank him for being part of our lives for the past 6 years."
On June 24, 2009 it was revealed in Kerrang! magazine that the band were to release a greatest hits album, entitled Your History Is Mine: 2002-2009, on September 28, 2009. The compilation is to also contain four brand new tracks, which will be the first new material released by the band since the arrival of Burrough.
On April 26, 2010, Funeral for a Friend wrote on their forum about their lineup change, paying homage to the departure of their friend Darran Smith, but also announcing the new member. Gavin Burrough changed instrument from bass to guitar, taking over Darran's place as guitarist, and Richard Boucher became the new bassist of Funeral for a Friend.
On May 3, 2010 the band announced that they will be releasing a special new EP to fans who "pledged" through website pledgemusic.com, the "pledge" options include the EP, a signed EP and even an acoustic performance by the band at a fan's residence.[12] On July 1, 2010 the band revealed that the EP will be titled "The Young and Defenseless" and also revealed the cover art. The EP was subsequently released for download on September 6, 2010 and physical release was a week later. Towards the end of October 2010 they finished a session of recording for a new album for which a name and date were yet to be announced. On 2 November, they played two new songs, confirmed to be on this album (which was announced as due for release in March 2011), called "Man Alive" and "Front Row Seats to the End of the World". Another song title was confirmed as "Spinning Over the Island."
On 10 January 2011, the band released the official video for the album's leading single "Front Row Seats to the End of the World" and announced their fifth studio album would be called Welcome Home Armageddon. On 24 January, it was announced that the album was to be released by Good Fight Music, a move that would reconnect the band with the original label team that released Seven Ways to Scream Your Name and Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation. Welcome Home Armageddon was released 14 March 2011 in Britain through Distiller Records and 15 March in the United States through Good Fight and later on distributed through Roadrunner to the rest of the world.
On 22 May 2012, Ryan Richards announced that he was leaving the band. He cited his family as the reason, saying: “I’ve always put music first in my life – but the time has come now for my family to take the top spot”. It was the band's initial intention that Richards would not be replaced instantly and that the band would only look for a touring member to play for the band. However, it was announced on that Pat Lundy would be joining the band as Richards' replacement. Lundy is the former drummer of London-based heavy metal band Rise to Remain, having left the band in January 2012. Funeral for a Friend spent all of 2012, bar their brief festival appearances writing and recording for their sixth studio album. Over the year they released several studio updates showing the band members tracking different instruments for the album.
On 4 October of that year the band confirmed the title and release date of their sixth album Conduit for a 28 January 2013 release in the United Kingdom and on 5 February 2013 through The End Records In the United States.
On 28 September 2014, Funeral for a Friend debuted the lead single from their forthcoming album Chapter and Verse, titled "You've Got a Bad Case of the Religions" on the Rock Show on BBC Radio 1. The band then announced the album's release date of January 19, 2015 as well as a UK/European Tour in support of the album.
On 14 September 2015, Funeral for a Friend announced their breakup and the 'Last Chance to Dance' final tour across Australia, Germany and the UK, which spanned from February to April 2016; they played two subsequent nights on each stop of the tour, performing Hours and Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation in their entirety (alongside other songs) on the first and second night respectively.
In August 2019, Funeral for a Friend announced two special reunion concerts, with the proceedings going to the family of a terminally ill friend of the band. The two shows were set to be on 28 and 29 October at The Globe in Cardiff and O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. As well as members Matt Davies-Kreye, Kris Coombs-Roberts, Gav Burrough, and Richard Boucher, the band will be joined by former guitarist Darran Smith and drummer/screamer Ryan Richards. After the initial two dates sold out quickly, the Cardiff show was upgraded from The Globe to the Cardiff Student Union, and a second Cardiff date was added for 27 October.
On 27 January 2020, Download festival announced their upcoming performance as part of the 2020 lineup. The festival would be cancelled in April, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. In September 2021, the band were a late addition to Slam Dunk festival. In July 2020, the band announced that they would be touring the UK in April 2021 playing songs from Casually-dressed & deep in Conversation, Hours, and Tales don't tell themselves, also due to COVID-19 the tour dates were postponed, taking place in early March 2022. After the initial dates sold out, the band added two additional dates in Cardiff and London and upgraded the venues for Manchester and Glasgow, which was then followed up with four additional dates in Leeds, Bristol, and Bournemouth alongside a third London date at Shepherd's Bush Empire. Due to illness, Richard Boucher was replaced on bass for the last 4 shows by the band's guitar-tech Steve Nash.
Official site
Brazilian fansite
The band's debut full-length album Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation was released in October 2003. Various singles were lifted off this, including Bullet Theory, Juneau (Juno on previous EPs), She Drove Me To Daytime TV and Escape Artists Never Die. After a B-side to Escape Artists Never Die was released as a single, this was called You Want Romance? the video was sequal to Bullet Theory
A DVD named Spilling Blood In 8MM was released only a year after, documenting every music video, including the two from the EPs 10:45 Amsterdam Conversations and This Year's Most Open Heartbreak, live footage, and the first album's promotion tour, discography, chronology and an exclusive video for Juneau acoustic
In the United States, the EP Seven Ways To Scream Your Name was released instead. It featured three of the tracks from Four Ways To Scream Your Name, three from Between Order And Model and a further unreleased track. The debut was released later.
The second album Hours was released in 2005. Streetcar, Monsters, History and Roses for the Dead have been released as singles.
Funeral For A Friend released the first single, off their 3rd album, Into Oblivion (Reunion) on May 7th 2007 and the album Tales Don't Tell Themselves was released on May 14th 2007. The album caused much controversy with fans of their earlier albums, especially with fans of their EPs and 'Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation', due to a major change in their sound to a more melodic version of their earlier post-hardcore. The band then released the ninth track on Tales Don't Tell Themselves Walk Away. Then the release of The Great Wide Open came in a form of an EP highlighting the bands earlier part of their career containing not only the single The Great Wide Open but live versions of most of their older EP songs.
FFAF released a new album in 2008 via their newly formed label Join Us, after leaving Atlantic. On the 27th August 2008, it was announced that the band had licensed their new record to Victory Records for the U.S. and Canadian releases. The album was released via the label on October 28, 2008. It was also released via Roadrunner Records in the rest of the world, apart from the UK, where it was released through the band's own label, Join Us.
On September 4, 2008, it was announced via a MySpace blog post that Gareth Davies had left the band, to be replaced by Gavin Burrough (Hondo Maclean, Ghostlines, The Future). "As some of you may know, Gareth has been living in America for the past couple of years, and recently got married. Ultimately, the strain of travelling between continents has taken it's toll and Gareth made the decision that it would be in the best interests of himself, his family and Funeral to leave the band. We totally respect and understand his choice, wish him all the best in his future and we thank him for being part of our lives for the past 6 years."
On June 24, 2009 it was revealed in Kerrang! magazine that the band were to release a greatest hits album, entitled Your History Is Mine: 2002-2009, on September 28, 2009. The compilation is to also contain four brand new tracks, which will be the first new material released by the band since the arrival of Burrough.
On April 26, 2010, Funeral for a Friend wrote on their forum about their lineup change, paying homage to the departure of their friend Darran Smith, but also announcing the new member. Gavin Burrough changed instrument from bass to guitar, taking over Darran's place as guitarist, and Richard Boucher became the new bassist of Funeral for a Friend.
On May 3, 2010 the band announced that they will be releasing a special new EP to fans who "pledged" through website pledgemusic.com, the "pledge" options include the EP, a signed EP and even an acoustic performance by the band at a fan's residence.[12] On July 1, 2010 the band revealed that the EP will be titled "The Young and Defenseless" and also revealed the cover art. The EP was subsequently released for download on September 6, 2010 and physical release was a week later. Towards the end of October 2010 they finished a session of recording for a new album for which a name and date were yet to be announced. On 2 November, they played two new songs, confirmed to be on this album (which was announced as due for release in March 2011), called "Man Alive" and "Front Row Seats to the End of the World". Another song title was confirmed as "Spinning Over the Island."
On 10 January 2011, the band released the official video for the album's leading single "Front Row Seats to the End of the World" and announced their fifth studio album would be called Welcome Home Armageddon. On 24 January, it was announced that the album was to be released by Good Fight Music, a move that would reconnect the band with the original label team that released Seven Ways to Scream Your Name and Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation. Welcome Home Armageddon was released 14 March 2011 in Britain through Distiller Records and 15 March in the United States through Good Fight and later on distributed through Roadrunner to the rest of the world.
On 22 May 2012, Ryan Richards announced that he was leaving the band. He cited his family as the reason, saying: “I’ve always put music first in my life – but the time has come now for my family to take the top spot”. It was the band's initial intention that Richards would not be replaced instantly and that the band would only look for a touring member to play for the band. However, it was announced on that Pat Lundy would be joining the band as Richards' replacement. Lundy is the former drummer of London-based heavy metal band Rise to Remain, having left the band in January 2012. Funeral for a Friend spent all of 2012, bar their brief festival appearances writing and recording for their sixth studio album. Over the year they released several studio updates showing the band members tracking different instruments for the album.
On 4 October of that year the band confirmed the title and release date of their sixth album Conduit for a 28 January 2013 release in the United Kingdom and on 5 February 2013 through The End Records In the United States.
On 28 September 2014, Funeral for a Friend debuted the lead single from their forthcoming album Chapter and Verse, titled "You've Got a Bad Case of the Religions" on the Rock Show on BBC Radio 1. The band then announced the album's release date of January 19, 2015 as well as a UK/European Tour in support of the album.
On 14 September 2015, Funeral for a Friend announced their breakup and the 'Last Chance to Dance' final tour across Australia, Germany and the UK, which spanned from February to April 2016; they played two subsequent nights on each stop of the tour, performing Hours and Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation in their entirety (alongside other songs) on the first and second night respectively.
In August 2019, Funeral for a Friend announced two special reunion concerts, with the proceedings going to the family of a terminally ill friend of the band. The two shows were set to be on 28 and 29 October at The Globe in Cardiff and O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. As well as members Matt Davies-Kreye, Kris Coombs-Roberts, Gav Burrough, and Richard Boucher, the band will be joined by former guitarist Darran Smith and drummer/screamer Ryan Richards. After the initial two dates sold out quickly, the Cardiff show was upgraded from The Globe to the Cardiff Student Union, and a second Cardiff date was added for 27 October.
On 27 January 2020, Download festival announced their upcoming performance as part of the 2020 lineup. The festival would be cancelled in April, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. In September 2021, the band were a late addition to Slam Dunk festival. In July 2020, the band announced that they would be touring the UK in April 2021 playing songs from Casually-dressed & deep in Conversation, Hours, and Tales don't tell themselves, also due to COVID-19 the tour dates were postponed, taking place in early March 2022. After the initial dates sold out, the band added two additional dates in Cardiff and London and upgraded the venues for Manchester and Glasgow, which was then followed up with four additional dates in Leeds, Bristol, and Bournemouth alongside a third London date at Shepherd's Bush Empire. Due to illness, Richard Boucher was replaced on bass for the last 4 shows by the band's guitar-tech Steve Nash.
Official site
Brazilian fansite
Join Us
Funeral for a Friend Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Join Us' by these artists:
ALL ELITE WRESTLING Join the dark order. (Aren′t you tired of being overlooked? …
asamack 僕らはずっとこの場所で 君の元へ声を届け続けるんだ 全てを忘れて夢中にさせるよ さあ パーッとはじける 夜はここからは…
Dream Child How more evil must be met ? How many times'til we…
Dreamchild How more evil must be met ? How many times'til we…
Empyr You feel like you're free When you jump from the third…
Faderhead She looked at me with a smile full of evil…
iSHi Turn me into a riverbed So I'll carve the soil into…
Magic: The Gathering You’ve had a taste of the good times And now you’re…
Magic: The Gathering Caleb Hyles & Alex Moukala You’ve had a taste of the good times And now you’re…
The Fallback You hear a knock on your door And it's weird 'cuz…
The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals Cast It is time To die! Sorry to interrupt But we got bones to…
鈴木このみ 嬉しい時 悲しい時 全てにyesと言えたなら (in high spirits!!) きっと何でもできる 不思議な エナ…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Funeral for a Friend:
1% When nothing is original When it's all been done to death …
10 Water broken voice Saturates a microphone Into a receiver wi…
10 Scene Points to the Winner FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND LYRICS "10 Scene Points To The Winne…
10-45 Water broken voice, saturates a microphone Into a receiver w…
10.45 Amsterdam Conversations Water broken voice Saturates a microphone Into a receiver wi…
1045 amsterdam conversations Water broken voice, saturates a microphone Into a receiver w…
Africa No one beyond the capital They heard them into trucks like…
Aftertaste This is the everlasting Still life from angry heads For yo…
All Hands on Deck Part 1: Raise the Sail Horizon shows the signs, the eye is getting closer, birds …
All Hands on Deck Part 2: Open Water Awake, I am awake And I'm still alive out here Awake, I…
All Hands on Deck Pt. 1: Raise the Sail Horizon shows the signs The eye is getting closer Birds don'…
All Hands on Deck, Part 1: Raise the Sail Horizon shows the signs, the eye is getting closer, birds do…
All Hands on Deck, Part 2: Open Water Awake, I am awake, and I'm still alive out here, awake, I…
All the Rage Why do we need this Who was it that said That great…
All The Rage-Rrd Why do we need this Who was it that said That great…
Alvarez The stars will be your nightlights tonight And I will be…
Amsterdam Water broken voice Saturates a microphone Into a receiver wi…
Art Of American Football Shove- the momentum drags us under Your constant disregard …
Babylon's Burning Babylon is burning You're burning the street You're burnin…
Bend Your Arms To Look Like Wings As the sun sets on battlefields I hope you can save…
Beneath The Burning Tree Carbon copy aftertaste The taste of lips so delicate Stop th…
Best Friends and Hospital Beds Cold hard lines, across my face Into a mirror I…
Boys Are Back In Town Guess who just got back today? Those wild-eyed boys that had…
Broken Foundation Waking up at three am, drowning in the haze Of broken…
Building Shouldering the blame Walking into frame Like a lighted silh…
Built to Last Behind closed doors we are building up our castles And we…
Bullet Theory Who shot the bullet That killed the air tonight Without a th…
Captains of Industry We kick the bucket and they drink us dry Non essential…
Captains of Industry (New Recording) We kick the bucket and they drink us dry Non essential…
Charlie don Called the house to see if anyone was home Question the…
Conduit Fortune favours the brave In the front row tears streaming …
Constant Illuminations Where's the emotion tuned to the sound of sincerity? Without…
Constant Resurrections Closing, folding like a star Brings you back to see the…
Damage Inc [Originally by Metallica] Dealing out the agony within c…
Damage, Inc. Dealing out the agony within charging hard and no one's gonn…
Damned If You Do Our lives are lived By loving disaster, ending disastrous lo…
Drive And I wish it was sweeter The taste of your mouth Because…
Drivê And I wish it was sweeter, the taste of your…
Drive. And I wish it was sweeter The taste of your mouth Because…
Ecape Artists Never Die The red poison of your lips The red poison of your…
End of Nothing Killing you Might be the only chance I have of recovery But…
Escape Artists Never Die The red poison of your lips The red poison of your…
Front Row Seats to the End of the World You never feel it until it's too late You never see…
Getaway Plan Wasted journey's, time spent better knowing nothing And loo…
Ghosts Congratulations, it's a boy Buried underneath the afterbirth…
Grey A loss of feeling Ending in contempt I feel like I am…
High Castles I speak in metaphor it's the only thing that makes sense…
History Dear friends of this academy Romeo is bleeding to death To s…
Hospitality Forget the letters just sleep sound tonight Pull back the co…
I Am the Arsonist And the scars he will leave And the pain he inflicts Will…
In A Manner Of Sleep Why do we sleep, oh little one? Forget the ringing bell Th…
Into Oblivion The days I've felt alone. And the sea, it brings…
Into Oblivion (Reunion) The days I've felt alone. And the sea, it brings me…
Juneau Tied to the testing of wills And my heart breaks and…
Juno Tied to the testing of wills, Where my heart breaks…
Kicking and Screaming Growing old around these streets Well, never really felt qui…
Kiss & Make Up No matter where you go They'll fucking tie you down And blee…
Lazarus Revealing your desire Upon these ashes In your fear It will …
Live Throw that punch swing to hit the target Pointless game one…
Man Alive I've got a bone to pick with this So come on,…
MAYBE I AM Maybe I'm a pessimist What if all the gray clouds in…
Medicated I watch the snow fall on the streets Dead hearts are…
Miracle Of Christmas Steal this night away So that we're not waiting The feeling …
Modern Excuse Of A Man Island liver like we think that we're “oh, so special” Like…
Moments Forever Faded In the black and white, wounds all bound Sitting at the…
moments forever fading In the black and white, wounds all bound Sitting at the…
Monsters Scattered seeds and breaking storms Won't make a decent lie …
Nails I'm never going to change, I'm never going to change a…
No Honour Among Thieves Mark these words and hear their truth You mean nothing to…
Novella Wasting time, it's over and ended Wasting time, we deserve H…
Old Hymns We're sinking, sinking into the stone We're drinking, drink…
On a Wire I'm on fire Close to the water And I'll be saved again St…
One for the Road There are miles left to walk And this desert never lies Brok…
Open Water Awake, I am awake And I'm still alive out here Awake, I…
Out of Reach Launch the ships The walls are closing in Close our…
Owls Open windows above the sill, flowers bloom to make the…
Pencil Pusher Pass the fists and I’m pacified I can hear the dogs…
Pirate Song I'd like to say something Slow down the bandwagon There's a …
Raise The Sail Horizon shows the signs The eye is getting closer Birds don'…
Recovery Scared to open up these eyes To see just what's inside This…
Red Is The New Black Can't pretend that you're nothing special You've got to look…
Rise and Fall Calm the storm, we man the ramparts, In a moment we…
Rookie of the Year The promise that he made Left broken on the floor The bruise…
Roses For The Dead Just to say we're sorry, For the black eyes and bleeding…
Rules and Games Define the marks, prepare to laugh So sorry you never had…
She Drove Me To Daytime Televi Can't beat the best ones A little closer maybe a…
She Drove Me To Daytime Television Can't beat the best ones A little closer maybe a…
she drove me to daytime tv Can't beat the best ones A little closer maybe a…
Sixteen Waltzing daydream serenade Preaching god and country like l…
Someday The Fire... You start working with the same device The narrative is brea…
Sonny You are bleak You are beautiful No matter what they say In t…
Spine Are you close enough to hit? Are you close enough to…
Spinning Over the Island It falls apart Clockwork hearts, running out Rusted needle i…
Storytelling You say it's not going to work out Why do you…
Streetcar (Hello) When eyes are red We can't talk for a while Without…
Summer's Dead And Buried Can't beat the best ones A little close maybe a bit…
Sun-Less Broken hands, so sans soleil It lights my way through these…
Sunday Bloody Sunday I can't believe the news today Oh, I can't close my…
The Art of American Football Shove- the momentum drags us under Your constant disregard y…
The Boys Are Back in Town Guess who just got back today? Those wild-eyed boys that had…
The Diary And it came from nothing But there was always something And …
The Distance Days in motion From the west coasts to the ocean Mainline …
The End of Nothing Killing you Might be the only chance I have of recovery But…
The Getaway Plan Wasted journey's, time spent better knowing nothing And loo…
The Great Wide Open Spitting from the bridges, like a bird perched on a…
The Sweetest Wave I'll never undersand, Why I have been save, The sea…
The System Couldn't have done any better Couldn't have prayed for sin …
This Letter As you swallow this confession And leave me with this scar …
This Year's Most Open Heart Break Broken hearts swept to hands that tied me it's a pointless g…
this year's most open heartbre Throw that punch swing to hit the target Pointless game one…
To Die Like A Mouchette Kick start your heart just like an engine Battered and overu…
Travelled I'm fucking sick, so sick and tired Of coming back to…
Waking Up Is a lie just the truth Uncovered and relinquished A passion…
Waking Up Inside My Own Paralysis Is a lie just the truth Uncovered and relinquished A passi…
Walk Away All of the words, that we have to say, They don't…
Waterfront Dance Club Scarred open wounds The needle, it dances and glows through …
Welcome Home Armageddon See the world outside, beauty in the fire Crimson gold it…
Wrench We look past the obvious We blind ourselves to the…
Wrench (New Recording) We look past the obvious We blind ourselves to the truth No…
You Can Give me something to believe in Something that is real A mom…
You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself This used to be an open place This used to be…
You Want Romance The waters colder at the edge And they dived for hours Pas…
You Want Romance? the waters colder at the edge and they dived for hours past…
your revolution is They stand to fight for nothing. We show them how stupid…
Your Revolution Is A Joke They stand to fight for nothing. We show them how stupid…
The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found