“That three-year period is hard to define in any way,” mused Matt Davies-Kreye of the years between 2003 and 2006, moments after the curtains fell on what was ostensibly Funeral For A Friend’s final show in 2016. “One minute we’re driving around in a shitty van, the next minute we’re here, there and everywhere.” The singer wasn’t engaging in self-inflated myth-making either. In that time, the Bridgend emo quintet went from playing arts centres to releasing the explosive Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation (2003) on Atlantic Records, touring with Iron Maiden and travelling as far as Japan and America. This June 4, 2006 recording – previously a limited release of 1,000 CDs, now pressed on wax – captures the excitement that had accumulated around the band as they took th...
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