Abandon Your Friends

by From Autumn to Ashes

Abandon Your Friends cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 August 2005
  • Label: Vagrant
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:55
  • Community rating: 3.1/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Francis Mark, Josh Newton, Benjamin Perri

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Representing a stylistic move toward more melodic and pop-inflected structures, the record prioritizes atmospheric consistency and vocal clarity. The arrangements feature a cleaner guitar aesthetic compared to their earlier work, reflecting a maturation in songwriting and studio production. It remains a significant archive of the mid-2000s 'scene' era, exploring themes of professional isolation and the social consequences of sudden fame.

Genres

Descriptors: ferocious, dissonant, breakdowns, dual-vocals, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Where Do You Draw The Line (4:28)
  2. Inapprope (2:47)
  3. Sugar Wolf (5:37)
  4. Vicious Cockfight (3:58)
  5. Streamline (4:40)
  6. The Funny Thing About Getting Pistol Whipped Is (2:41)
  7. Placentapede (5:15)
  8. Kansas City 90210 (4:00)
  9. Short for Show (4:01)
  10. Long to Go (4:29)
  11. Jack and Ginger (2:49)
  12. Abandon Your Friends (4:03)

Credits

  • Josh Newton - bass, vocals, lyrics by
  • Francis Mark - drums, vocals, lyrics by
  • Andy Vandette - edited by [digital editing]
  • Jonathan Cox - guitar [guitars], lyrics by
  • Brian Deneeve - guitar [guitars], piano, vocals, lyrics by
  • Benjamin Perri - lyrics by, vocals

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