SONG: "Never In Reverie"
ARTIST: From First To Last
ALBUM: "Dead Trees"
YEAR: 2015
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Tampa, Florida
YEARS ACTIVE: 1999 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"Never In Reverie" is a song that appears to be about being in a really dark place. The vocalist describes being cold, shivering, bleeding. He feels he's being pulled down by demons as he gasps for air. If "reverie" is a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts, he is the opposite of that. There's nothing pleasant about what he's going through.
FROM FIRST TO LAST DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2004 - Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Bodycount (Epitaph Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2006 - Heroine (Epitaph Records)
* peaked at #25 on the Billboard 200 on 4-8-06
2008 - From First To Last (Suretone/Interscope Records)
* peaked at #81 on the Billboard 200 on 5-24-08
2010 - Throne To The Wolves (Rise Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2015 - Dead Trees (Sumerian Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON FROM FIRST TO LAST:
From First To Last formed as a band back in 1999, hailing from Tampa, Florida. Originally called First To Last, the band's first release was an EP called "Aesthetic" which featured vocals by Phillip Reardon. Reardon soon left the band and they changed their name officially to From First To Last and brought on Sonny Moore to be the lead singer. The band dropped their debut full length album in 2004, "Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Bodycount" through legendary punk label Epitaph. For the band's follow up album, 2006's "Heroine", Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland was brought in to record the bass tracks. He also toured with the band for several shows and looked like he was going to officially join From First To Last but he had too many other commitments. Vocalist Sonny Moore left the band in 2007 due to the strain on his vocal chords. He would go on to have major success as an electronic artist and producer under the moniker Skrillex. At this point, lead guitarist Matt Good took over lead vocal duties for the band's next two releases, 2008's "From First To Last" and 2010's "Throne To The Wolves". After this album, Good said that the band was going on a hiatus. In 2013 however, the band returned with yet another lead singer, Spencer Sotelo. In 2015, FFTL released their most recent full length album, "Dead Trees". In 2016, Sotelo left the band. Cue 2017!! Sonny Moore returns to the band as lead vocalist and the band debuts the stand alone single "Make War". From First To Last is a post-hardcore band at it's core. They have a dark vibe to them, kinda like My Chemical Romance or bands of that ilk. I think the thing that hurts the band is just the lack of continuity at the lead singer position. Because the singer, for better or worse, is the voice of the band, I think it's hard to really build momentum as a band when your vocals change nearly every album. I got into From First To Last right around their first album "Dear Diary...". "Note To Self" was the first track I heard by the band and to this day is my favorite. I'm glad Moore returned to the band as the albums with him as lead vocalist were my favorite by the band. Recently, Matt Good kinda hinted that FFTL may be done as a band but nothing officially has come out that they have disbanded.
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TEN FROM FIRST TO LAST SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Note To Self
2. Ride The Wings Of Pestilence
3. The Latest Plague
4. Make War
5. Dead Trees
6. Worlds Away
7. Shame Shame
8. Two As One
9. I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good
10. Cashing Out
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