''Abandon Your Friends'' is the third studio album by American

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band,

From Autumn to Ashes From Autumn to Ashes is a post-hardcore band based in Long Island, New York. The group formed in 2000 under the name Who's to Blame. While the band had gone through many line-up changes, the members include Francis Mark (lead vocals, drums), S ...

. Released on August 30, 2005, it is the band's second album on

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Sound

The album shows a slight departure from their traditional sound. The CD has an increased focus on drummer/vocalist, Francis Mark; after the release of the album it was confirmed by the band (after Benjamin Perri had left) that this was due to Ben not contributing as much lyrically or vocally to the album as with previous efforts, and his discontent about being in the band at the time. The album lyrics were mainly written by the band without Benjamin Perri, which may explain why the lyrics have a different slant on them than previous FATA albums. Also contrary to their previous two albums, Melanie Wills of One True Thing is absent on this release.

Background and release

It has also been said that Josh Eppard of

Coheed and Cambria Coheed and Cambria are an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York, formed in 1995. The band consists of Claudio Sanchez (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Travis Stever (guitars, vocals), Josh Eppard (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), ...

is responsible for naming the song "Placentapede". It was said that when at a festival with Coheed & Cambria, FATA planned to play the song live, and they didn't have a name for it because the album wasn't out yet and the song was still in its early stages. They went to Coheed and Cambria's bus and asked Josh what was the first thing that came to mind, and he responded with "Placentapede". After the release of the album, From Autumn to Ashes recorded the video for "Where Do You Draw The Line". The artwork on this album was done by artist Chuck Anderson.

Track listing

All music composed by From Autumn to Ashes. All lyrics by Francis Mark except where noted.

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. ;From Autumn to Ashes *

Francis Mark Francis Mark is an American drummer, singer, guitarist, songwriter and artist known as a member of the bands From Autumn to Ashes, Warship, Biology, and Tidal Arms. Mark currently resides in Brooklyn, New York and plays with Tidal Arms. Before ...

– drums, clean vocals, screamed vocals * Brian Deneeve – guitar, piano, backing vocals * Benjamin Perri – screamed vocals * Jon Cox – guitar * Josh Newton – bass, backing vocals ;Additional personnel * Chuck Anderson – Artwork, design * Eric Armstrong – Assistant engineer * Chris Crippin – Drum technician *

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– Audio production, producer, backing vocals * Ben Kaplan – Digital editing, programming * Richard Leighton – Guitar technician * Dean Maher – Audio engineer, engineer *

Brian McTernan Brian McTernan is an American musician and record producer from Baltimore, Maryland. McTernan was the lead vocalist in the hardcore punk band Battery, the guitarist in Ashes, and is the singer in Be Well. In 2009, he was named one of "the 50 m ...

– Editing, engineer * James Morin – Assistant engineer * Irene Richter – Management * Rob Stephanson – Assistant engineer * Andy VanDette – Digital editing * Howie Weinberg – Mastering * Josh Wilbur – Engineer, mixing

References

{{Authority control From Autumn to Ashes albums 2005 albums Albums produced by Garth Richardson Vagrant Records albums Albums produced by Brian McTernan