A fine concept album  Full text...

They say time brings change, that nothing ever stays the same. And it's true, just ask Welsh rock mob Funeral For A Friend. The band have continued to grow ever since their startlingly brilliant debut Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation, so much so that frontman Matt Davies forayed effectively into alt-country land as part of side project The Secret Show just a mere couple of months ago.  Full text...

Tales Don't Tell Themselves is an ambitious album, one that reveals the band's not afraid to expand on its emo-kid background and take on capitol-R rock.  Full text...

Sure, it's a more positive work than 'Hours', but while frontman Matt Davies' transition from apocalyptic yoof-preacher to hoodied motivational speaker will definitely leave listeners with an extended sense of self-belief, the winsome angst that once drove songs such as 'Streetcar' has all but disappeared.  Full text...

If I was to be stranded on a desert island in the middle of the Atlantic and was only allowed one FFAF album this wouldn’t be the one that I would choose to keep; but the one that would be put out to sea.  Full text...

Far from being “the Lawrence of Arabia of records” that Davies proudly predicts, it shares more in common with a box office disaster such as Heaven’s Gate. It’s an example of power rock at its blandest.  Full text...