For All Time — Bridges Don't Burn Fast Enough

This might be my favorite album ever, after like Start Today. No band from Charlottesville has ever managed to get a wide audience, and unfortunately For All Time is no exception. Hopefully though I can get that to change, especially for this album. Sound quality here isn't perfect, and there are literally no pictures to be found online relating to this band. But regardless, the point is that this album is unerringly honest, sincere, and thoughtful, in a way that few enough hardcore bands ever achieve.

Really, if you're going to download anything from this blog, it should probably be this. This music means more than typed words can ever express.

For All Time — Bridges Don't Burn Fast Enough

Track Listing:

1. ...And This Is Why You'll Forget Me In A Week
2. 300 Miles
3. Dictionary Defining Loss
4. These Simple Words
5. Disappearing Wrists
6. Breathing The Same Air
7. Souls Don't Die

The early 2000's saw a rebirth of hardcore throughout the US; our local contribution was For All Time, a band that defies description. Hard and melodic and way too intense, it's one of the most real things I've ever heard. The music is really together and intelligent, but the vocals are too passionate to stay anywhere near on time. It's powerful. After a couple of years at UVA (including a show which brought DTN to town, opening at the Beetnix's first gig, and playing a big fest on the Lawn), they broke up, and the singer and guitarist moved to Richmond to found Permanent.