Hope This Finds You Well

Hope This Finds You Well is a compilation album by the Pompano Beach, Florida rock band Further Seems Forever, released in 2006 by Tooth & Nail Records. It was released to coincide with the band's final tour, as they had announced that they would break up following tours of the United States and Canada that Spring. The album includes tracks from all three of the band's full-length studio albums: The Moon is Down (2001), How to Start a Fire (2003), and Hide Nothing (2004). As such it includes all three of the band's lead vocalists: Chris Carrabba, Jason Gleason, and Jon Bunch. Its title is taken from a lyric in the song "Pictures of Shorelines."

The album also includes several bonus tracks. "Vengeance Factor" was the first song the band ever released, having originally appeared on the Deep Elm Records compilation An Ocean of Doubt: The Emo Diaries, Chapter Four, and was recorded with original singer Carrabba. "There, Now I've Said It" is a previously unreleased outtake from How to Start a Fire, recorded with Gleason. This version of "Say It Ain't So" was recorded with Carabba for the compilation Rock Music: A Tribute to Weezer and was previously included as a bonus track on the vinyl LP version of The Moon is Down. Carabba's version did not appear on the final tribute compilation, as by that time the band had re-recorded the song with Gleason. The acoustic rendition of "Light Up Ahead" was originally included as a bonus track on Best Buy versions of Hide Nothing and was recorded with Bunch. The cover of *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" was recorded with Gleason and originally appeared on the compilation Punk Goes Pop. "Justice Prevails" is taken from the band's debut EP From the 27th State and was recorded with Carrabba.

[edit] Track listing

"The Moon is Down" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Dominguez/Carrabba) - 3:12
"Pride War" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Cordoba/Gleason) – 3:04
"Hide Nothing" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Cordoba/Bunch) – 2:56
"Snowbirds and Townies" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Dominguez/Carrabba) - 4:26
"Light Up Ahead" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Cordoba/Bunch) – 3:08
"Against My Better Judgement" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Cordoba/Gleason) – 3:41
"The Bradley" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Dominguez/Carrabba) - 3:01
"New Year's Project" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Dominguez/Carrabba) - 4:01
"How to Start a Fire" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Cordoba/Gleason) – 2:51
"Like Someone You Know" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Cordoba/Bunch) – 3:16
"The Sound" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Cordoba/Gleason) – 3:41
"Wearing Thin" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Dominguez/Carrabba) - 2:59
"Bleed" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Cordoba/Bunch) – 2:57
"Pictures of Shorelines" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Dominguez/Carrabba) - 3:12
"For All We Know" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Cordoba/Bunch) – 5:21
"Vengeance Factor" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Dominguez/Carrabba) - 2:46
"There, Now I've Said It" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Cordoba/Gleason) - 3:05
"Say it Ain't So" (Rivers Cuomo; originally performed by Weezer) - 4:03
"Light Up Ahead" (acoustic) (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Cordoba/Bunch) – 3:23
"Bye Bye Bye" (Andreas Carlsson, Michael Lundin, Carl Kristian, Marcus Schulze, Jacob Ivar Bertilson; originally performed by *NSYNC) - 3:25
"Justice Prevails" (Colbert/Neptune/Kleisath/Dominguez/Carrabba) - 4:38

[edit] Performers

Chris Carrabba - vocals (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, & 21)
Jason Gleason - vocals (tracks 2, 6, 9, 11, 17, & 20)
Jon Bunch - vocals (tracks 3, 5, 10, 13, 15, & 19)
Josh Colbert - guitar
Nick Dominguez - guitar (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, & 21)
Derick Cordoba - guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 9-11, 13, 15, 17, & 19)
Chad Neptune - bass
Steve Kleisath - drums
James Wisner - keys, additional guitar

[edit] Album information

Record label: Tooth & Nail Records
All songs written by Further Seems Forever except "Say it Ain't So" by Rivers Cuomo and "Bye Bye Bye" by Andreas Carlsson, Michael Lundin, Carl Kristian, Marcus Schulze, and Jacob Ivar Bertilson.
Tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 12, & 14 recorded September 28-November 1, 2000 at Wisner Productions. Drum tracks recorded at The Dungeon. Produced and engineered by James Paul Wisner. Assistant engineer: Joe at The Dungeon.
Tracks 2, 6, 9, 11, 17, & 20 recorded, engineered, and mixed by James Paul Wisner at Wisner Productions. Produced by James Paul Wisner and Further Seems Forever. Mastered by Alan Douches at West Side Mastering.
Tracks 3, 5, 10, 13, 15, & 19 produced, engineered, and recorded by James Paul Wisner at Wisner Productions. Drums recorded at Landmark Studios. Mixed by James Paul Wisner at The Sound Kitchen except.
Track 21 recorded by James Wisner at Wisner Productions. Drums recorded at Cathouse Studios by Mark Loren.