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| "Kill the lights!" a growling throat commands just seconds into From First To Last's monumental debut Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Bodycount. And it's in this darkness that FFTL's magnetic amalgam of influences like hardcore, rock & roll, blood curdling metal and punk fuc |
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"Kill the lights!" a growling throat commands just seconds into From First To Last's monumental debut Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Bodycount. And it's in this darkness that FFTL's magnetic amalgam of influences like hardcore, rock & roll, blood curdling metal and punk fuckin' rock takes on a life all its own. Gripping, powerful, cathartic and alluring, this Los Angeles (by way of Gainesville, Florida) quintet shapes the future of music on its Epitaph debut. Just check the unique, steadfast roar of "The One Armed Boxer vs. The Flying Guillotine," which keeps pace with the Screamo movement while incorporating the atmospheric spirit of U2's Boy and the guttural bark of vintage Madball. Moments onward, FFTL throws another curveball with the riveting, evocative, "I Liked You Better Before You Were Naked On The Internet." Here, Sonny Moore's vocals are as heartfelt and immediate as his bandmates' execution is intricate and damn near invincible. From First To Last's explosive approach on Dear Diary is a natural extension of their live initiative, and at the core if it all is an unorthodox credo. "We believe in head banging like there's no tomorrow and playing until you puke," drummer Derek Bloom asserts of the group's ferocity. "We started out wanting to put out live like we always thought bands should." With two broken arms, a couple of concussions and numerous head wounds to their credit, the men of FFTL - also known for guitar mutilation and getting vertical - have met and surpassed said goals with flying colors. And as red as their concert displays have been, the L.A.-based troupe's newest studio pursuits have been just as ambitious. Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Bodycount is an exercise in variety, from the unflinching power of "Featuring Some Of Your Favorite Words" - replete with thumping rhythms and angular riffs - to "Emily," a sadly gorgeous acoustic ode to long distance heartbreak. "We want you to feel like you're watching the wrong band but listening to the right music," guitarist Travis Richter explains. And his group's ability to juxtapose chaos and control is all the more impressive considering they have just one EP under their belts, 2003's acclaimed Aesthetic. Recorded for New York micro-indie Four Leaf Recordings in the months before Moore and bassist Jon Weisbert signed on, the disc earned From First To Last - who had already shared the stage with the likes of From Autumn To Ashes, Cave In, All American Rejects, Tsunami Bomb, Glasseater and Senses Fail - the attention of Epitaph. Resulting anthems like the thunderous "Secrets Don't Make Friends" and the blistering rage of "Kiss Me, I'm Contagious" artfully bookend the melodic, echo-doused "Populace In Two" with unexpected finesse. With the swansong "Ride The Wings Of Pestilence," FFTL bows out with an intensity few of its peers have managed to rival. Escalated by a full-on guitar bluster, the bedlam downshifts into a soaring, near-peaceful melody. Deconstructed to near-quiet, the quintet instantaneously, effortlessly revives its sonic mayhem before it leaves again. Oft-times reckless yet inexplicably refined, Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Bodycount is a passionate, gut-wrenching debut disc. As you reach for the light switch and bear witness to shards of glass, bits of shrapnel and pieces of splintered wood, remember this is only the beginning. From First To Last has no plan for slowing down.
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Lyrics.
Hey - I started this topic so girls/guys
could talk about from first to last powerful
lyrics. I think there really amazing (a young
group of hot guys putting together what they
been threw in life and helping out me and
other fans,just by some lyrics)
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| yea i agree their lyrics are really
awsome...love them | theusedslave | Hmmm... what are my favorite lyrics? Well
everything is made better by Sonny's
awesome vocals. I swear to god that boy has
the fucking best voice on the face of the
planet. My favorite song is Emily and Note to
Self cause you get the full effect of his
vocals in those songs...But my favorite
lyrics are probably from "Dead Baby
Kickball" You know? The hidden
track...
" Girl, you must think that I'm
crazy
But we all know you's a cutie
and you're all like, "Nuh uh boys
don't wanna get with me"
Girl, please
I can see right through those
fake colored contacts
Your eyes ain't blue, I bet that hair's
held by glue
Hey shorty, why you playing games
These games were played, the rules were made,
You dropped these names and now you got
nothing to say
[x2]
It's like an episode of cheaters
and I'm that dude with the gun
Hiding cameras in your bedroom
Girl, I know what you've done
I might be your baby's daddy
But that don't mean shit
When every dude on the block
Knows that you're a trick
Hey shorty, why you playing games
These games were played, the rules were made,
You dropped these names and now you got
nothing to say
[x2]
Uh, I'm not a rockstar but I still tend to
rock hard
You trying to play games tease and trying to
keep me rock hard
Trying to make me slap you and see me in a
cop car
Catch me speeding in stock cars expecting me
to stop hard
You playing with the mind of the craziest
kind
Telling me how much you love me when I know
that you're lying
You must be snorting lines if you think that
I'm crying
You manipulating backstabbing cold and
kaniving
I went from last to first but this is first
to last
I'm the major league playa you can kiss my
ass, trick
(Drop it like it's...)
...Hot! Shake it like a salt shaker [x4]
Fuck [x4]
Fuck you [many times]"
Soooo good, and so against the style of most
screamo bands. Its awesome...
The Screaming of "Shake it Like A Salk
Shaker" has to be my favorite part of
the song... never fails to make me smile... | ChemicallyYours | | Word. I lubb it. | Suffocate_Me_Dry | my favorite lyrics have to be failure by
designer jeans. that song is amazing. or the
levy. or the latest plague. or secrets
don't make friends. okay. maybe all the
songs..... | climacaphobic_katie | | Ahah same here. | XratedRomance | i love..."waves goodbye"...wait
I love all of them. but out of their new
stuff...thats my song. | my_great_romance | Yeah I like that one and World War Me. I
think it sounds like Ursala in the LIttle
Mermaid when they go "Poor unfortunate
soul." :] | XratedRomance | I like in 'the crows are coming for us'
when it goes "you walk on water, you
sing a lovely tune" XD | my_great_romance | | Me too :] | XratedRomance | I Love Emily (me and my friends are singing
it at grad. i hope we can do half as good as
sonny) I Also Love Waltz Moore. Its Amazing.
My Friends are making a video for it. it has
an emo kid with an alter ego emo kid in it.
lol. its awesome.
I LOVE FFTL | blue_n_yellow69 | | | |
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