Product Description

Debut long player from Californian outfit 'bridging the gapbetween hard rock and pop punk', following in the footstepsof Drive Thru label mates New Found Glory, Less Than Jake and Midtown.

Track Listing

1. New Beginnings
2. Letters To You
3. Post Script
4. Grey Matter
5. Perfection Through Silence
6. Awake
7. Without You Here
8. Stay With Me
9. Project Mayhem
10. Untitled
11. Three Simple Words
12. Ender
13. What It Is To Burn
14. Letters To You
15. What It Is To Burn

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22144 in Music
• Released on: 2002-09-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 69 minutes

Customer Reviews

WHAT IT IS TO BURN.......A MUST BUY
Not one bad track on the entire cd, if your into emo/screamo bands then this is quite simply a must buy. Best songs, What It Is To Burn, Ender and Three Simple Words.

A Great Album
This music album is very good and could be described as emo. The best song is the title track, 'What It Is To Burn'. The structure of the song is excellent and the lyrics are amazing.

About 5 of the songs on this CD are forgettable but the rest are great. Project Mayhem is a scream-fest which is an excellent song. Also, 'Without You Here' is an excellent song with a powerful chorus.

Finch split up in February 2006 but have recently announced they have re-formed!!! I look forward to seeing what their future work will be like. An Excellent band.

What It is To Burn
I bought this album in 2003 after getting their EP in a drive thru records box set. I can genuinely say that this is one of few albums that is close to perfect, I think there's only 1 track that I skip when I listen to the CD. Here is a single review of each track

New Beginnings = This is a very good track in my opinion. The palm muted verses along with outstanding vocals to go with them is the highlight of this song for me. (8/10)

Letters to You = The majority of Finchers will think that this is there best song. I disagree. I admit that it is a good track, but it's overated. But still an amazing track and some deep lyrics. (8/10)

Post Script = This is one of my favourite tracks on the album. The verses are the best and again have deep lyrics, I wish it was a bit longer though (9/10)

Grey Matter = Starts with a clean intro and then kicks in with heavy verses and some great agressive vocal work by Nate, and the chorus' get back into the Finch style. A great track in my opinion, one of the best without a doubt (10/10)

Perfection Through Silence = This is my second favourite song on the album. This song (along with Letters to You) was featured on their EP. This version is a lot better. I think that Nate puts alotta feeling into this track. Even with the intro, you can tell it's gonna be deep. The chorus blows me away and the bridge blows me further away, ending the bridge with the agressive yet powerful words "When weakend, when will you rise". (10/10)

Awake = This is the only song I dislike from this album, I just cannot get into it, I dunno what it is, It's just not for me, but points for effort (4/10)

Without You Here = The first slow track on the album, and if you've heard the track "New Kid" from their EP then you will agree Finch can do a slow track. The lyrics are just amazing, and the music in the verses keep it slow but picks up for the chorus. When you hear Nate put his heart into the words "Am I losing you" then you will agree. This song means a lot to me (10/10)

Stay With Me = Despite being more pop-punky then the other tracks, this is my 3rd favourite on the album. The song starts with a fast drum beat and kicks into upbeat guitars. The chorus is just amazing. I just love the track (10/10)

Project Mayhem = Very different track. Almost has esscence of Math-core here. The verses are very strange with a different vocal scream approach by Nate. But the chorus' are sang. Then comes a very haunting like break down in a way. It is a very different track but is certainly good (8/10)

Untitled = Returning to a normal style of Finch you will be used to by now. Not really much to say about this, good track, but isn't really anything different (8/10)

Three Simple Words = Another track with very deep vocals and a very basic song structure, sounds like Stay with me mixed with new beginnings in my opinion (7/10)

Ender = Another slow track, a lot more reminiscent of New Kid as it uses the same structure. Slow all the way until abreak out at the end. I still prefer New Kid but this is still a very deep track. The track actually runs for 13:30 but there's a lot of random noise and stuff at the end. The actual length of the song is about 6:30.

What it is To Burn = Now I know it may be clear that this is my favourite track, but how can younot like this one. Starts with a delayed guitar and rugged violin then Nate screams "SHE BURNS". The verses are very heartfelt and the chorus' are 10 times any other chorus on the song. But the highlight is the bridge. The guitars fade out andits just the bass and Nate singing "Today is fire and she burns". They are then joined by Drum and guitar but not to a hevay extent. Then a few rounds of "SHE BURNS" again. Best Finch song EVER (10/10)


So this is a very amazing album. The problem with that is they tried to hard to top it on their next album, Say Hello to Sunshine. And that album, to me, is a huge letdown. The band are now on a hiatus. Which we all know means they are over for good