SONG: "In Ruins"
ARTIST: Finch
ALBUM: Demo, not on album
YEAR: 2015
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Temecula, California
YEARS ACTIVE: 1999 - 2016
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"In Ruins" appears to be a song about being in a pretty dark place. The vocalist seems to hate the person he has become and he's left in major despair. His only hope is for someone to pull him out of this terrible rut. Doesn't seem promising though.
FINCH DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2002 - What It Is To Burn (MCA Records)
* peaked at #99 on the Billboard 200 on 5-10-03
2005 - Say Hello To Sunshine (Geffen Records)
* peaked at #24 on the Billboard 200 on 6-25-05
2009 - A Far Cry From Home Tokyo 2009 (In-n-Out Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2014 - What It Is To Burn X Live (Tragic Hero Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2014 - Back To Oblivion (Razor & Tie Records)
* peaked at #103 on the Billboard 200 on 10-18-14
2015 - Steel, Wood & Whiskey (self-released)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON FINCH:
Finch formed as a band back in 1999, hailing from Temecula, California. Originally, the band was called Numb, which made some people wonder if they were a Deftones cover band. To avoid the confusion, the band changed their name to Finch, signed to Drive-Thru Records and released the EP Falling Into Place in 2001. The album that really put Finch on the map was their debut full length, 2002's "What It Is To Burn". The band's deal with Drive-Thru allowed the album to be distributed by major label MCA Records. The singles "Letters To You" and "What It Is To Burn" were both high points for Finch and it seemed they were chasing songs like that for the rest of their career.. Finch followed up "What It Is To Burn" with "Say Hello To Sunshine". This album proved to be a heavier and darker album and if they were pidgeonholed into being a post-hardcore band, this was the album that proved that they were. Cracks were developing within the band at this time however and in 2006, Finch announced they were going on hiatus. This hiatus proved to be short-lived however and in 2007, the band reunited and released a self-titled EP and began to work on a new full length. Again, problems persisted within the band and they disbanded for a second time in 2010. In 2012, the band's manager persuaded the band to get back together to perform a few shows to honor the 10th anniversary of "What It Is To Burn". A couple of shows led to more shows and eventually working on new songs which would become their third album, 2014's "Back To Oblivion". The band's most recent release was "Steel, Wood & Whiskey" in 2015. This was a self-released album that featured acoustic, re-worked renditions of some of Finch's classic tracks. By 2016, Finch officially announced they had broken up for good. The majority of the issues stem from creative differences between the band and their lead singer, Nate Barcalow. Early on Finch got tossed into pop punk/melodic punk circles and some considered them post-hardcore. I never quite looked at them that way, especially considering them punk. I don't really see them as a punk band. I'll let post-hardcore slide, especially on their 2nd album "Say Hello To Sunshine". I first caught wind of Finch when I heard "Letters To You". I really dug this song. Real catchy and poppy. It was the second song I heard by them, "What It Is To Burn", that made me go, ok, let me check these guys out a little more closely. I think they're a pretty solid band and I like all of their albums as well as a bunch of rare tracks they have out there if you can locate them. I'd put them on the higher end of tier 2 post-hardcore bands definitely. All of their studio albums charted, but I always felt they never lived up to that debut album. Not to say that their other albums weren't good, they absolutely were. Hopefully, the boys can settle their creative differences and work together again because I feel they are a band that still has something to say.
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TEN FINCH SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. What It Is To Burn
2. Letters To You
3. Bitemarks And Bloodstains
4. Worms Of The Earth
5. Two Guns To The Temple
6. Anywhere But Here
7. Monuments
8. New Beginnings
9. Play Dead
10. Inferium
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