What: Funeral For A Friend
Where: Cardiff University Solus
When: 22nd July
Reviewed by: Becky Dunmall
I have to admit that I haven’t listened to Funeral for a Friend since the mid 2000’s, however when I heard they were playing their debut album in full, I was first in the queue for tickets. Having released four full length and a greatest hits album since their formation in 2001, this tour, entitled “Saying Goodbye to Darran Smith” was the first time the band had played a lot of material from their 2003 album “Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation” since 2004.
The atmosphere in the Solus was one of celebration as Funeral for a Friend arrived on stage to cheers from the sold out crowd. Launching straight in to their twenty song set with the opening track from “Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation”, “Rookie of the Year”.
The band continued to play though the album in track order with favourites such as “Juneau” and “Escape Artists Never Die” inciting a crazy reaction from the crowd. As the band played their way towards the end of the album the audience were treated to the rarely played “Your Revolution is a Joke” which induced a mass sing along from the fans. Ending the first half of the gig with the final track from the album, “Novella”, which was the only song not to sound perfect - they had to have 3 attempts to get the beginning right - rather than ruining the song, the errors made the gig feel more intimate, almost like you were at a practise.
Returning to the stage after a brief hiatus, the band played though eight career spanning songs, including crowd favourites “Into Oblivion” and “Streetcar”. During the second to last track of the set the band were joined on stage by Matt Tuck, the lead singer of “Bullet for My Valentine” who helped sing “This Year’s Most Open Heartbreak”. Unfortunately the second half of the gig didn’t live up to the high standard of the first; however for sheer nostalgic joy the gig was amazing.
(8/10)
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