Before the Eulogy [reissues, odds and ends, rarities]

Boy Sets Fire | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Equal Vision Records
• ASIN: B000BC8SLK
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. One Subject Notebook

2. Parasite Candy

3. Three Lefts

4. Harlot

5. Vehicle

6. The Burning Of

7. Turn The Key

8. Consider The Numbers

9. Feudal

10. Voice Over

11. The Tyranny of What Everyone KNows

12. Loser of the Year Award

13. Cavity

14. Holiday In Cambodia

15. Suckerpunch Training

16. No Time Safe

17. Bucket of Rain

18. With Cold Eyes

19. Fashion As A Weapon

Editorial Reviews

Boy Sets Fire are back home. For 11 years the band have seen many things including their vans blowing up mid-tour, enduring 4 labels and touring continuously throughout the world non-stop. After being on the cutting edge of the new, then unknown, "emo" movement, BSF took to making hardcore and the scene a positive thing. Known for giving something for fans to think about in addition to the sing-a-long was all part of the Boysetsfire mantra about hardcore and how they lived their lives. Now, after being friends with Equal Vision Records over all these years and releasing a split with Snapcase back in 1999, Boysetsfire have signed with Equal Vision Records. Before releasing their next full-length next year Boysetsfire wanted their most treasured releases, The Day The Sun Went Out, Consider 7" and In Chrysalis EP back in print again. Released separately as two CDs, these will be available to fans that never had the chance to hear these groundbreaking songs. Remastered, remixed and including bonus cuts never heard before, this is the time for fans to remember one of hardcore’s pioneers. 2005 is here and its time to see Boysetsfire remembered for what they contributed to music and to look forward to what they still have to say in their life. Look out for a brand new Boysetsfire

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good rarities, but missing some stuff, April 23, 2006

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Joshua Karl (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Before the Eulogy [reissues, odds and ends, rarities] (Audio CD)

uhm... how about "This Screaming, This Crying..."? How about actually having 'Rocket Man' on the album, not just on the track listing? I only got this for one of the demos. Pretty good, but, yeah, it just makes you wish this band was as good now as they were then.

5.0 out of 5 stars What a difference!, December 3, 2005

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Karl Struss (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Before the Eulogy [reissues, odds and ends, rarities] (Audio CD)

Just got a chance to listen to some of this album and I must say it sounds wonderful. For years I've been dying for remastered versions of some of my favorite songs by BSF and this album does a great job with that. Only got to listen to a couple of tracks, but Vehicle (my favorite BSF song) sounds so much better, it's unbelievable. Most of the other songs sound great too, but I just couldn't stop listening to Vehicle.
Definately going to pick this up in the very near future, and if you're even remotely in to old stuff by Boy Sets Fire, I suggest you do the same. Only disappointment that I saw is that the song Swingset isn't on this album, which kind of hurts, but the original version doesn't sound as muddy as some of the other unmastered songs. Overall great songs and such a difference in clarity.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Flammable, March 28, 2006

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Patrick Stott (Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Before the Eulogy [reissues, odds and ends, rarities] (Audio CD)

Any band which has been round for any length of time eventually ends up with a few loose ends, b-sides, and other miscellaneous songs which are hard for fans to find. `Before The Eulogy' lays out Boysetsfire's career chronologically, from the very first demo recorded in a basement to later, more professional songs recorded for compilations.

Collections of this type are unavoidably uneven. This collection is no exception. It is a collection of Boysetsfire's demos, EPs and other rarities from the first decade of their existence. Calling something a rarity and then sticking it on a CD is a bit dumb. Sure, it used to be rare, but it isn't any more, because it's just been released on a mass produced CD. It's a good marketing tool though. Minor quibble aside, this collection shows the evolution of the band as clearly as counting the rings on a tree shows its age.

Screamo bands are a dime a dozen now, but when Boysetsfire recorded their first demo, a lot of people didn't get it, for the simple fact there was singing and screaming in the same song. It sounds like a high school band just starting out, which probably wasn't far from the reality of the situation. However, there's something special there, a certain energy and conviction which can make up for a lot of musical shortcomings.

From there, the band blossoms and grows, and the initial ideas develop, combining Hardcore with subtlety and, dare I say it, emotion. Sure, the Hardcore element here is more Minor Threat than Madball, but these young fellas can rock out when required. As the album progresses, the hard edges and sharp corners are knocked off the music, becoming more rounded, but also unfortunately, less interesting.

Often with releases like this, a nasty exploitative record label releases it without telling the band, but the liner notes here tell of how and why things were recorded, of releasing the first demo at a hijacked Fugazi show, and recording a song for a compilation just because Refused were going to be on the same album. The cover of the Dead Kennedys' "Holiday In Cambodia" is strangely compelling. No one in Punk has ever really matched Jello Biafra's almost operatic warble, so sensibly, these guys don't even try. Mr Biafra himself liked this version enough to sign a copy for the band.

There aren't a lot of outstanding, hit-you-between-the-eyes-and-convert-you-to-Emo songs here, but that would be asking too much of a collection of this type. Fans of the band will love it anyway, and that's really who this is for.