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funeral for a friend

This career retrospective of Welsh rock legends Funeral For a Friend contains sixteen tracks covering the bands output from the early days of formation in South Wales through to the gold albums and world tours.

The new album Your History Is Mine 2002-2009 also contains Funeral For A Friend’s most recent single, Wrench, which was released earlier this month along with three other brand new tracks recorded specifically for the new release.

Vocalist Matthew Davies says of the selection progress for the retrospective;
“It’s been hard whittling down the best of four albums and a bunch of EP’s to come up with what we consider to be the best of our ‘formative years’. We’re still trying to rewrite the rock and roll music text book with everything we’ve done since then. It’s been interesting to see just how many songs we’ve written that have affected both us and our audience over the last 7 and a half years and having them all in one place will be a good reflection of our music up to this point for newcomers and for old friends.”

A quick scan through the tracklisting for the record confirms that picking songs for inclusion has been no easy task. But moreover it also reaffirms the weighty contribution the band has made to the post-millennial British rock scene. Classic fan favourite tracks like ‘10.45 Amsterdam Conversations’ and ‘Red Is The New Black’ sit comfortably both alongside the anthemic ‘Juneau’ and the awe-inspiring ‘Roses For The Dead’ as well as firm live favourites ‘Streetcar’ and ‘Into Oblivion’. It really is a Greatest Hits in the true sense of the word.

The album is available on Atlantic Records from September 28th.

Funeral For A Friend – Your History Is My History 2002-2009 Tracklisting

10.45 Amsterdam Conversations

This Year’s Most Open Heartbreak

Juneau

She Drove Me To Daytime Television

Escape Artists Never Die

Red Is The New Black

Streetcar

Roses For The Dead

History

Into Oblivion (Reunion)

Walk Away

Kicking And Screaming

No Honour Among Thieves

Built To Last

Wrench

Captains Of Industry

UK Tour Dates

Mon 05 Oct            PLYMOUTH                          Hippo

Tue 06 Oct            PORTSMOUTH                    Pyramid

Thu 08 Oct            EXETER                                Lemon Grove

Fri 09 Oct               BRIGHTON                           Concorde 2

Sat 10 Oct             MANCHESTER                    Academy

Mon 12 Oct            PETERBOROUGH              Cresset

Wed 14 Oct           LONDON                               Koko

Thu 15 Oct            HATFIELD                             University of Herts Forum

Fri 16 Oct               OXFORD                               O2  Academy

Sun 18 Oct            BRIDGEWATER   Palace

Tue 20 Oct            MIDDLESBROUGH             Empire

Wed 21 Oct           DUNDEE                               Fat Sams

Thu 22 Oct            ABERDEEN                          Moshulu

Sat 24 Oct             DERRY                                  Nerve Centre

Sun 25 Oct            DUBLIN                 Academy

Tue 27 Oct            NOTTINGHAM                      Rock City

Wed 28 Oct           CAMBRIDGE                        Junction

Thu 29 Oct            NORWICH                            UEA