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I Set My Friends on Fire

I Set My Friends On Fire (often abbreviated as ISMFOF by both fans and the band itself) is an American electronic influenced experimental Grindcore duo formed in 2007 by Matt Mihana (vocals, lyrics) and Nabil Moo (vocals, guitars, percussion, programming, and all other instruments). They have released one album, You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter on Epitaph Records.

History

The duo first made themselves known on MySpace, where their rendition of Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" (originally entitled "Crank That Calvary Boy") received more than one million plays.[1][2] Nonetheless, the duo's MySpace page was removed three times because MySpace had assumed that the duo were using software to increase the number of plays.[1]

They then signed to Epitaph Records,[3] who released their debut album You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter on October 7, 2008.[1] The album received a half-star rating out of five from Slant reviewer Nate Adams, who said "[It's] high in the running for worst album of the year...The music aims for brutality and melody, but misses the mark entirely on both counts."[4] Alternative Press reviewer Phil Freeman also gave the album 0.5 stars out of five, remarking that the album "truly fails because it has exactly zero memorable moments".[5] Matthew Hadley of the Brock Press, however, gave the album a more favorable review, calling it "a genuine release from a genre-bending duo trying to create something new and fresh in an increasingly tiring genre." [6]

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter reached #29 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.[7]

I Set My Friends on Fire recently posted a bulletin on MySpace saying that a music video was going to be filmed on May 9, 2009. They were asking people to submit their pictures for a chance to be an extra in the video.

Discography

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter (2008)

Untitled

All songs written by I Set My Friends on Fire except "Crank That", written by DeAndre Way.

Track listing

  1. "Sh!t It Talks... I'm Out of Here" – 1:03
  2. "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men" – 1:37
  3. "Beauty Is In The Eye of the Beerholder" – 2:26
  4. "Things That Rhyme with Orange" – 3:24
  5. "ASL" – 2:42"
  6. "Interlude" – 1:51
  7. "Ravenous, Ravenous Rhinos " – 2:42
  8. "HxC 2-Step" – 3:18
  9. "WTFWJD" – 3:08
  10. "Crank That Calvary Boy" - 3:02
  11. "But the Nuns Are Watching..." – 3:26
  12. "Reese's Pieces, I Don't Know Who John Cleese Is" – 6:26

Credits

  • Matt Mihana — Vocals, Lyrics
  • Nabil Moo — Backing Vocals, Instruments, Programming, Arrangements

References

  1. ^ a b c Castillo, Arielle (2008-09-25). "Kendall Band I Set My Friends on Fire Makes It Big the MySpace Way". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  2. ^ "I Set My Friends on Fire". ilikemusic. 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  3. ^ "Set My Friends on Fire sign to Epitaph Records". Skope. 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  4. ^ Adams, Nate (2008-09-29). "I Set My Friends on Fire - You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter". Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  5. ^ Phil Freeman, Review of You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter. Alternative Press, November 2008, p. 158.
  6. ^ Hadley, Matthew (2008-10-07). "The Review Revue". The Brock Press. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  7. ^ Top Heatseekers, Week of 10/25/08, Billboard.com
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