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How to Start a Fire
Rock · 2003 · 10 tracks

How to Start a Fire

Further Seems Forever

Intricate guitar webs and grainy, urgent vocals define this landmark of technical Florida emo. A restless, high-energy record that balances grit with soaring melody.

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It's the technical emo record where the guitars actually do something interesting instead of just strumming.

A restless, technical urgency that balances pessimistic imagery with flashes of defiant hope.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
How to Start a Fire
2:52
02
The Sound
3:41
03
A Blank Page Empire
4:09
04
Against My Better Judgement
3:42
05
I Am
3:25
06
Pride War
3:07
07
On Legendary
3:40
08
Insincerity as an Artform
3:44
09
The Deep
3:44
10
Aurora Borealis (In Long Form)
4:50
Moments Worth Waiting For
the literal sound of a match striking that ignites the opening title track into a hardcore-tinged frenzy
the complex melodic interplay between the two guitars during the bridge of The Sound
the shift into a bluesy shuffle on A Blank Page Empire that showcases the band's rhythmic versatility
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