Funeral for a Friend

Funeral for a Friend

Funeral for a Friend

From humble beginnings in the Welsh Valleys, here’s a band who have carved themselves an exceptional and unique career. And now with the release of fourth album ‘Memory And Humanity’, Funeral have once again squashed any preconceptions fans might harbour and created a new vision that sees the band ahead of the pack in every sense.

Leaving behind the major label world after the band’s third album ‘Tales Don’t Tell Themselves’ was deemed too intelligent for their then home Atlantic, Funeral For A Friend have made the wise choice of becoming independent by setting up their own label – equating to ultimate control and ultimate creativity. It harks back to the band’s debut release, the ‘Between Order And Model’ EP, released on Welsh label Mighty Atom, but with added knowledge.

As drummer Ryan Richards explains: “Setting up Join Us – our own label – has been a big step and very liberating. We did it at the right time and we’ve been able to put into the practice all the things we have learnt.

Funeral For a Friend represents family, it represents friendship and unity, even the band’s moniker – despite what some people may think – reflects the quintet’s positive mental attitude.

It’s been something of a whirlwind journey of world tours, three albums (all achieving Gold status), dark times when Matthew almost lost his voice with exhaustion, and a never-ending list of achievements. Tours with rock legends such as Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park, three Top 20 singles, NME tours and winning Kerrang! magazine’s Best British Newcomer Award….. the list is endless!

What’s always remained a constant throughout is the notion that Funeral For A Friend have never lost sight of why they are doing this – the music. And in their short five years of releasing music, the five-piece have achieved the impossible – they’ve straddled genres to declassify themselves. Standing outside any scene – be it Brit-rock, emo or post-hardcore – Funeral For A Friend is simply about strong, meaningful songs created by five long-term friends.

And with the release of ‘Memories And Humanity’, Funeral For A Friend are a band not intent of stopping anytime soon. You see, evolution counts for everything.