Four Ways to Scream Your Name
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Four Ways to Scream Your Name is the second EP
by the Welsh
post-hardcore
band
Funeral for a Friend
. It was released on 21 April 2003, through Mighty Atom Records
in the United Kingdom
. It is currently out of print and highly sought after by fans of the band. This EP was released on both CD and 7" vinyl. Each version was limited to 1000 copies. The vinyl edition is thought by many fans to be more valued than the CD due to its aesthetic quality: it is a double red gatefold vinyl. All of the tracks, excluding "She Drove Me to Daytime Television", were included on the band's 2003 EP, Seven Ways to Scream Your Name
. "She Drove Me to Daytime Television" and "Escape Artists Never Die" were later featured on the band's first album Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation
. A promotional video was made for "This Year's Most Open Heartbreak".
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by the Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band
Rock Band
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Funeral for a Friend
Funeral for a Friend
Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band, from Bridgend. Formed 2001, they have released five studio albums, seven EPs, sixteen singles, one DVD, and one compilation album.-Formation and Early Years:...
. It was released on 21 April 2003, through Mighty Atom Records
Mighty Atom Records
Mighty Atom Records is a Welsh based record label. The company was formed in early 2000 by Dave Simpson and Roger Hopkins. It is known for having been one of a few independent record labels at the forefront of the UK emo scene in the early 2000s, due to its early involvement with Funeral for a...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It is currently out of print and highly sought after by fans of the band. This EP was released on both CD and 7" vinyl. Each version was limited to 1000 copies. The vinyl edition is thought by many fans to be more valued than the CD due to its aesthetic quality: it is a double red gatefold vinyl. All of the tracks, excluding "She Drove Me to Daytime Television", were included on the band's 2003 EP, Seven Ways to Scream Your Name
Seven Ways to Scream Your Name
- Personnel :*Kris Coombs-Roberts – guitar*Gareth Davies – bass guitar*Matt Davies – vocals*Ryan Richards – drums, vocals*Darran Smith – guitar*Written and performed by Funeral for a Friend...
. "She Drove Me to Daytime Television" and "Escape Artists Never Die" were later featured on the band's first album Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation
Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation
-Reception:The album received very positive reviews from the British music press with NME and Drowned in Sound giving it 8/10 and 9/10 respectively. It was also #17 in NME albums of the year.- In pop culture :...
. A promotional video was made for "This Year's Most Open Heartbreak".