The Young and Defenceless

The Young and Defenceless
EP by Funeral for a Friend
Released September 6, 2010
Recorded July–August 2010 at Monnow Valley Studios, Long Wave Recording Studio, Wales
Genre Post-hardcore, melodic hardcore
Length 13:08
Producer Romesh Dodangoda
Funeral for a Friend chronology
Your History Is Mine: 2002–2009
(2009)		 The Young and Defenceless
(2010)		 Welcome Home Armageddon
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Punktastic [1]
Sputnik Music [2]

The Young and Defenceless is an EP by Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend, released on September 6, 2010. The title of the EP from a lyric in the track "Sixteen". This is the first release by Funeral for a Friend that includes bassist Richard Boucher and is also the first release to feature former bassist Gavin Burrough on guitars. The CD is limited edition, available only to those who bought it at Pledge Music. In several European countries (not the UK), it is available for download from 7digital. [3] On this release, the cover has been slightly changed. On October 29, 2010, the band released a music video for the song "Serpents in Solitude".[4][5]

Two songs from the EP: "Sixteen" and "Damned If You Do, Dead If You Don't" were also later featured in the band's fifth full-length studio album Welcome Home Armageddon in 2011. "Sixteen," shall be the second single for their fifth studio album.

The artwork is illustrated by Rianne Rowlands

Contents

Tracklisting

No. Title Length
1. "Serpents in Solitude"   3:23
2. "Vultures"   3:39
3. "Damned If You Do, Dead If You Don't"   3:26
4. "Sixteen"   2:50
Total length:
 13:08
Downloadable content
No. Title Length
1. "Wrench" (Demo) 2:40

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Funeral For A Friend - The Young & Defenceless review". Punktastic. 8 September 2010. http://www.punktastic.com/reviews/3803. Retrieved 25 October 2010. 
  2. ^ Mar, Del. "Funeral For A Friend: The Young And Defenseless". Sputnik Music. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/39007/Funeral-For-A-Friend-The-Young-And-Defenseless. Retrieved 12 September 2010. 
  3. ^ http://de.7digital.com/artists/funeral-for-a-friend/the-young-and-defenceless-ep/
  4. ^ http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/funeral-for-a-friend-serpents-in-solitude-video/
  5. ^ http://www.punknews.org/article/40467

External links

Funeral for a Friend
Gavin Burrough · Kris Coombs-Roberts · Matthew Davies-Kreye · Ryan Richards · Richard Boucher
Gareth Ellis-Davies · Matthew Evans · Andi Morris · Johnny Phillips · Kerry Roberts · Darran Smith
Studio albums
Extended plays
Between Order and Model (2002) · Four Ways to Scream Your Name (2003) · Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (2003) · Bullet Theory/My Dying Day (2004) · The Great Wide Open (2007)  · The Young and Defenceless (2010) · See You All In Hell (2011)
Compilations
Live albums
Singles
"Juneau" · "She Drove Me to Daytime Television/Bullet Theory" · "Escape Artists Never Die" · "Streetcar" · "Monsters" · "History" · "Roses for the Dead" · "Into Oblivion (Reunion)" · "Walk Away" · "The Great Wide Open" · "Waterfront Dance Club/Beneath the Burning Tree" · "Kicking and Screaming" · "Rules and Games" · "Front Row Seats To The End Of The World" · "Sixteen" · "Broken Foundation"
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