The Always Open Mouth

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The Always Open Mouth
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2006
RecordedApril–May 2006
StudioJohnny Cab Studios, The Tank
GenrePost-hardcore, experimental rock
Length46:03
LabelEqual Vision[1]
ProducerBobby Darling[2]
Fear Before The March of Flames chronology
Art Damage
(2004)
The Always Open Mouth
(2006)
Fear Before
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk(95%)[3]
Alternative Press[4]
The A.V. ClubC[2]
Drowned in Sound8/10[5]
Kerrang![citation needed]
Punknews.org[6]

The Always Open Mouth is the third full-length album by the post-hardcore band Fear Before the March of Flames, released in September 2006.[7]

Critical reception[edit]

Drowned in Sound called the album "a complex and matured experimental punk record that is both ravishingly beautiful and jaw-droppingly massive in one fouler-than-foul swoop."[5] PopMatters wrote that "although a valiant effort, The Always Open Mouth is, more or less, an amalgam of separate ideas, none of which seem to pan out."[8]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Absolute Future"1:06
2."Drowning the Old Hag"2:54
3."Mouth"3:32
4."Taking Cassandra to the End of the World Party"2:44
5."Ten Seconds in Los Angeles"2:20
6."The Waiting Makes Me Curious"4:48
7."High as a Horse"2:37
8."Dog Sized Bird"2:14
9."Complete and Utter Confusion..."2:19
10."...As a Result of Signals Being Crossed"4:02
11."My (Fucking) Deer Hunter"4:11
12."Lycanthropy"3:07
13."A Brief Tutorial in Bachanalia"4:36
14."A Gift for Fiction"2:19
15."Absolute Past"3:07

Personnel[edit]

  • David Marion – lead vocals
  • Adam Fisher – lead guitar, clean vocals, keyboards, programming, piano, percussion
  • Zachary Hutchings – rhythm guitar, percussion
  • Michael Madruga – bass, backing vocals, percussion
  • Brandon Proff – drums, percussion, programming, layout and design
Additional
  • Anthony Green – additional vocals on track 11
  • Jeremy Fisher – additional vocals on track seven
  • Ryan Smith (Sterling Sound) – mastering
  • Bobby Darling – producer
  • Casey Bates – engineering and mixing

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FEAR BEFORE THE MARCH OF FLAMES 'THE ALWAYS OPEN MOUTH' VINYL". Equal Vision Records. December 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "The Always Open Mouth: Fear Before The March Of Flames". Music. 14 November 2006.
  3. ^ "chorus.fm". chorus.fm--AbsolutePunk.
  4. ^ "Fear Before The March Of Flames". Alternative Press. December 6, 2006.
  5. ^ a b "Album Review: Fear Before The March Of Flames - The Always Open Mouth". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  6. ^ "Fear Before - The Always Open Mouth". www.punknews.org. 19 September 2006.
  7. ^ "Fear Before the March of Flames | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ "Fear Before the March of Flames: The Always Open Mouth". PopMatters. November 20, 2006.

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