[MF] Top 12: From First to Last

• List Version: Limited*
• *Meaning up to 2 songs max chosen per album, to better show off the artist’s discography
• Why Top 12 instead of 10? Because I feel that 12 tracks is the sweet spot for an album!
• B-sides are saved for excellent tracks that did not appear on any of the artist’s studio album releases.
• Numbered from oldest to newest.

TOP 12 : FROM FIRST TO LAST

It’s the end of June 2004. High school starts in roughly a month in Maryland. From First to Last, the band that first caught my attention that year on the Warped Tour Compilation CD (a landmark release in its own right) with “Note to Self,” has just released their debut full-length, Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count, thus beginning my (now) 22-year love affair with the band. Though the band hasn’t released all that many albums since Dear Diary… (there have been 5 full-lengths and 2 EPs), From First to Last has remained one of my favorite and most played bands.

This year, From First to Last finally returned with a new EP release: We Were Bleeding Anyway, featuring Lil Lotus as their new lead vocalist. It may not be a full-length (or feature the awesome “Mirror Soul” single) but it’s very fucking good, nonetheless. Like a flashback to Aesthetic, We Were Bleeding Anyway feels like the early 2000s screamo scene that we all fell in love with as teenagers. Lil Lotus is a great fit for the band, the instrumentation is circa self-titled era, and the band manages to evoke enough emotion in just 6 tracks that this EP almost feels like a full-length. It’s powerfully written and performed, making for the band’s best work in years.

THE TOP 12 TRACKS BY FROM FIRST TO LAST

1. Such a Tragedy (from Aesthetic)
2. Note to Self (from Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count) Watch it on YouTube
3. Secrets Don’t Make Friends (from Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count)
4. Mothersound (from Heroine)
5. The Crows are Coming for Us (from Heroine)
6. Two as One (from s/t)
7. Deliverance! (from s/t)
8. Cashing Out (from Throne to the Wolves)
9. Elvis Said Ambition is a Dream with a V8 Engine (from Throne to the Wolves)
10. H8 Meh (from Dead Trees)
11. Your Name in Red Ink (from We Were Bleeding Anyway) Watch it on YouTube
12. Picking Clothes to Die In (from We Were Bleeding Anyway)

B-Sides:

• Christmassacre (from Taste of Christmas)
• Failure by Designer Jeans (from Punk O Rama 10)
• GENSIS (single)
• Mirror Soul (single, featuring Kellin Quinn)