 
Since storming the music scene in 2001 Funeral
For A Friend have had one hell of a roller coaster
ride which has seen them become one of the most
talked about British post-hardcore bands who pretty
much made it to the top and enjoyed years of major
success which saw them play various sold out headline
tours as well as appearing at so many festivals
across the world including secret slots at some
across the years but things haven’t always
been great for Funeral For A Friend as over the
years they have gone through various line up changes,
they have had a lot of mixed reviews in the press
and have also seen a decline in their fan base
which has lead to start replaying all the toilet
sized venues that they originally started playing
when they came on the scene all those years ago
but you have to hand it to them as they have always
stayed true to themselves and kept a healthy routine
of releasing a new album every couple of years.
Funeral For A Friend are set to release their
seventh studio album ‘Chapter And Verse’
through Distiller Records on the 19th January
and they have just unleashed their brand new single
‘You’ve Got A Bad Case Of The Religions’
which happens to be the lead single taken from
their forthcoming album and if it is anything
to go by then their seventh studio album could
shape up the be as big and heavy as their last
studio album ‘Conduit’ which totally
rocked.
‘You’ve Got A Bad Case Of The Religions’
is a fantastic song which is super fast and majorly
heavy and what makes the song rock and stand out
from the Funeral For A Friend back catalogue is
the production work as things sound a lot more
raw and tinny here instead of the over the top
super polished production we are used to from
bands these days and I feel that Funeral For A
Friend have never sounded better as a band and
vocally Matthew Davies-Kreye’s lets some
much needed steam off in such an infectious yet
heavy way.
It’s safe to say that Funeral For A Friend
are back bigger and better than ever and they
mean business and I can already sense that ‘Chapter
And Verse’ is going to be one of the first
big album releases of 2015 and the band already
have a tour in place to coincide it which means
2015 is going to be busy yet fun year for this
talented Welsh band.
5/5
Funeral
For A Friend - You've Got A Bad Case Of The Religions
Review by Trigger
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