Released March 27, 2001 Producer James Paul Wisner Release date 27 March 2001 | Length 38:53 Artist Further Seems Forever Label Tooth & Nail Records | |
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The Moon Is Down
(2001) How to Start a Fire
(2003) Recorded September 28-November 1, 2000 Genres Emo, Rock music, Indie rock, Christian rock Similar How to Start a Fire, Hide Nothing, The Final Curtain, Penny Black, Hope This Finds You Well | ||
Further seems forever the moon is down full album
The Moon Is Down is the debut album by the Pompano Beach, Florida rock band Further Seems Forever, released in 2001 by Tooth & Nail Records. It was the band's first full-length album. After replacing singer and songwriter Brian Rey Richardson, more trouble befell the band as singer Chris Carrabba had already decided to leave the band to focus on his new project, Dashboard Confessional, but joined them in the studio to record the album. Dominguez left the band the following year to start the record label Pop Up Records. The two were replaced by Jason Gleason and Derick Cordoba, respectively, for the band's next album How to Start a Fire. A music video was filmed for the song "Snowbirds and Townies."
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Further seems forever the moon is down
Reception
Rick Anderson of Allmusic rated The Moon Is Down four stars out of five, saying that it "kind of sneaks up on you. At first, as the title track eases crunchily through its first minute, you say to yourself, 'Oh, great, another emo band that has lots of deep feelings but can't be bothered to write a tune or impose any kind of structure on its songs.' Then the chorus hits ... Cathartic, tuneful, soaring — what are they going to do for the rest of the album? Well, it turns out they're going to do the same thing, over and over, with occasional digressions into triple meter. But although the conceit remains pretty much the same, it doesn't ever get tiresome; this band's ability to combine relatively dense guitar rock with an edge of experimentalism and a deep undertow of emotional uplift is more than just impressive — it's practically inspiring."
Track listing
All songs written by Further Seems Forever except where indicated
- "The Moon Is Down" - 3:12
- "The Bradley" - 3:01
- "Snowbirds and Townies" - 4:26
- "Monachetti" - 2:42
- "Madison Prep" - 2:54
- "New Year's Project" - 4:14
- "Just Until Sundown" (Further Seems Forever/Matthew Ian Fox) - 3:14
- "Pictures of Shorelines" - 3:12
- "Wearing Thin" - 2:59
- "A New Desert Life"/untitled hidden track - 8:52
- "Say It Ain't So"* (Rivers Cuomo; originally performed by Weezer) - 4:03
- "Vengeance Factor"** - 2:46
*Included on the vinyl LP release only.
**Included on the Japanese import version of the album only.
Personnel
Album information
Songs
1The Moon Is Down3:13
2The Bradley3:01
3Snowbirds and Townies4:27