From First to Last - Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount

Since the early 2000s, what's now known as post-hardcore has been consistently codified into something eminently marketable. Screaming bloody murder over churning angular guitars has suddenly salable qualities, as long as the rage is offset by whimpering pianos and heart-flailing harmonies. This systemization isn't necessarily bad, as the groups it affects often make very arresting music. But that doesn't mean the formula itself isn't questionable. In 2004 From First To Last unleashes its first full-length via Epitaph, after debuting with an EP for the tiny New York imprint Four Leaf. Read More