Say Hello to Sunshine

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Say Hello to Sunshine

Studio album by Finch
Released	June 6, 2005 (UK) June 7, 2005 (U.S.)
Recorded	?
Genre	Punk Rock, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock
Length	50:17
Label	Drive-Thru Records/Geffen Records
Producer(s)	Jason Cupp and Finch (Songs 1-3, 5-10, 12 and 14 include Ben Moore)
All Music Guide (?/5) link
Finch chronology
What It is to Burn (2002)	Say Hello to Sunshine (2005)	N/A

Say Hello to Sunshine is the second album by Finch, released on June 7, 2005. This album signaled a sharp departure from the band's last release, What It Is to Burn. Say Hello to Sunshine introduced a harder sound, with more screaming and virtually no pop-influenced melodies such as earlier songs like "Letters To You". Thus far, the album has received mixed reactions. Some fans have come away deeply disappointed, having been expecting a sound more like their first CD. Others embrace the change, encouraged by the fact that the band isn't afraid to take their music in new directions. The album features much variety in music. Although all songs are played with a standard rock group's instruments, several of them vary in tone and theme. Lead vocalist Nate Barcalow expands his range to near Mike Patton-esque levels, from his typical baritone prevalent on What It Is To Burn to a gentle head voice as well as growls and high pitched shrieks.

[edit] Track listing

"Insomniatic Meat"
"Revelation Song"
"Brother Bleed Brother"
"A Piece of Mind"
"Ink"
"Fireflies"
"Hopeless Host"
"Reduced to Teeth"
"A Man Alone"
"Miro"
"Ravenous"
"Bitemarks and Bloodstains"
"The Casket of Roderick Usher"
"Dreams of Psilocybin"

There are two b-sides. Oddly enough, you have to buy two different versions of the album to get them both. The Japanese release features the track "Spanish Fly", an acoustic song sung in Spanish. The UK version has the track "Gak 2" a progressive rock sounding number.

[edit] Notes

Track No. 5, "Ink", was featured on the soundtrack of the video game Burnout Revenge and Madden NFL '06.

Track No. 12, "Bitemarks and Bloodstains", was released as a single, and a music video was made for the song.

The cover art was done by Jeff Soto.

Gak 2, the British B-side featured Chris Tsagakis on drums from labelmates Rx Bandits.

The album was originally going to be engineered by Marc Trombino, the engineer of "What It Is to Burn", but like Alex Pappas, he dropped out of the production due to creative differences and pressures from their label, Geffen Records.

The band intentionally leaked the album to filesharing networks before its release, announcing so in a MySpace journal entry.