The Moon is Down (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Moon is Down
Type = Album
Artist = Further Seems Forever


Released = March 27, 2001
Recorded = September 28-November 1, 2000
Genre = Rock Indie rock Christian rock Emo
Length = 38:53
Label = Tooth & Nail Records
Producer = James Paul Wisner
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:20q5g4jptv4z~T0 link]
Last album = "From the 27th State" (1999)
This album = "The Moon is Down" (2001)
Next album = "How to Start a Fire" (2003)

"The Moon is Down" is the debut album by the Pompano Beach, Florida rock band Further Seems Forever, released in 2001 by Tooth & Nail Records. It was the band's first full-length album and their only album with original vocalist Chris Carrabba and guitarist Nick Dominguez. Carrabba had already decided to leave the band to focus on his new project Dashboard Confessional but joined them in the studio to record the album. [cite book
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publisher =St. Martin's Griffin
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isbn =031230863 ] Dominguez left the band the following year to start the record label Pop Up Records. The two were replaced by Jason Gleason and Derick Cordoba, respectively, for the band's next album "How to Start a Fire". A music video was filmed for the song "Snowbirds and Townies."

Track listing

All songs written by Further Seems Forever except where indicated
#"The Moon is Down" - 3:12
#"The Bradley" - 3:01
#"Snowbirds and Townies" - 4:26
#"Monachetti" - 2:42
#"Madison Prep" - 2:54
#"New Year's Project" - 4:14
#"Just Until Sundown" (Further Seems Forever/Matthew Ian Fox) - 3:14
#"Pictures of Shorelines" - 3:12
#"Wearing Thin" - 2:59
#"A New Desert Life"/untitled hidden track - 8:52
#"Say it Ain't So"* (Rivers Cuomo; originally performed by Weezer) - 4:03
#"Vengeance Factor"** - 2:46

*Included on the vinyl LP release only. **Included on the Japanese import version of the album only.

Performers

*Chris Carrabba - vocals
*Josh Colbert - guitar
*Nick Dominguez - guitar
*Chad Neptune - bass
*Steve Kleisath - drums
*James Wisner - keys

Album information

*Record label: Tooth & Nail Records
*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.
*Design by Mark Owens.
*Photography by Dan Ellis.

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