Impressive. The first word that comes to mind after listening to this album is simply impressive. It was already known that Sensefield (or let's say ex-Reason To Believe) were one of the most original, acclaimed, and competent emo bands, but here we are faced with an authentic masterpiece.

"Tonight and Forever" alone summarizes 20 years of punk-HC from the Californian scene and projects far beyond, flaunting evolved and original sounds which, combined with John Butch's superb voice (probably the best in his genre), make this CD something difficult to surpass (always within its genre). The guiding thread of the album is this: guitars in the Dischord style (do Fugazi, Dag Nasty, and Minor Threat ring a bell?) and emotional punk-rock in which something of Pixies(!), Face To Face, and My Bloody Valentine is evident. For a good part of the CD, the typical "honey" of emo is left within the instruments, masterfully played by Rodney Sellars and Chris Evenson (guitars), which instead unleash bursts of energetic adrenaline. You must have certainly understood that this is not the usual boring and whining emo album, the kind that would piss off a metalhead; there is also violence in here, folks!

Of the wonderful 12 tracks included in the CD, Weight Of The World, Are You Ok, Save Yourself, and No Longer Now stand out for their effectiveness—lively and sustained tracks, engaging, rich with the classic rhythmic cues that make your head bob or urge you to tear your lips away from your woman's (or someone else's...). Excellent as well is Love Song, a rough track in the style of Texas Is The Reason and played in a very refined manner, in which the overlays between "high" and "low" guitars create an atmosphere of bygone memories, which is precisely what one seeks in a true emo band. Slightly below par (but for me, being “sanguine”) are only two tracks, namely Fun Never Ends and Am I A Fool, classic slow and sweet tracks for fans of bands like The Get Up Kids or Mineral.

Of course, "Tonight And Forever" is a great melodic Hard Core CD and I think it will be remembered as one of the best emo releases ever, but for this very reason, I recommend it only to those who speak emo... emotional punks of the world unite, this is the CD for you!

Tracklist Lyrics and Videos

01   Fun Never Ends (03:56)

back then
we wished that we were older
waiting for the summer
everything was new, when everything was fun
she would come over and slip into the water
i wonder if she knew that she was the one, everybody wanted,
every night she haunted us in our dreams then you wake up all alone

all's fair in love and war, til it feels like you're dying alone
Tears turn to waterfalls but I I'd taste tears over nothing at all

now, we wish that we were younger
that feeling of the hunger, to want to try everything and anything we want
frustration and the anger, never thinking of the danger or how we'd make it through
never thinking someone won't

all's fair in love and war, til it feels like you're dying alone
tears turn to waterfalls but I'd taste tears over nothing at all

the fun never ends
fun never ends,
the fun never ends
til you bury a friend, til you bury a friend, til you bury a friend

now, we wish that we were younger
that feeling of the hunger, to want to try everything and anything we want
frustration and the anger, never thinking of the danger,
or how we'd make it through
never thinking someone won't

all's fair in love and war, til it feels like you're dying alone
tears turn to waterfalls but I'd taste tears over nothing at all

fun never ends ... fun never ends ... fun never ends
til you bury a friend, bury a friend, bury a friend
til you bury a friend, bury a friend, bury a friend
til you bury a friend, bury a friend, bury a friend

02   Save Yourself (03:18)

03   Here Right Here (03:04)

04   No Longer Now (02:32)

This is no longer now...
This is a place to come...
far and away from, an ocean aquarium...
And I, during a long and wasted time...
I once heard a girl say... "We're the kids of the sun"
I believe so make me a liar if you think you can prove...
The souls of all ran out of daylight...
into the light of night...

Love is Evolution by decision a divine intervention...
I am the solution and the problem, oh yeah...

Yes I can feel it now...
the mechanisms hum..
Far and away from, a vision of myself...
And I, I'm doing that old familiar dance, in all directions...
Oh can't you feel it now...
Finally ask her, finally ask her, finally ask her, ran out of questions, finally ask her, finally ask her...
Ran out of daylight into the answer...
There's no solution for the disaster...

Love is evolution by decision... a divine intervention...
I am the solution and the problem oh yeah...
Love is evolution by decision ... a divine intervention...
I am the solution and the problem oh yeah

05   Beatles Song (02:47)

06   Weight of the World (03:56)

07   Waiting for Something (03:42)

08   Emergency Exit (03:41)

09   Are You Okay (02:33)

You know how friends are funny when we're just clowning around You know how friends get crazy when we can't stop messing around We always leave a seat open for you when we go out, out on this town We always drink a couple for you when we're all out, when we go out Just think of us together whenever you're down Are you okay? Are you all right? You know that I wait and I wait and I wait Remember when our heads were almost about to explode Do you remember the three jokes, the only ones that you know We always leave a light on for you 'case you come back home We always leave a key hidden for you 'case you come back home In case nobody's home Just think of us together whenever you're down Are you okay? Are you all right? Do you count down the days like I count down the nights? Baby I wait and I wait and I wait Remember nights when our friends had to help carry us home Remember times when we'd wake up in places we didn't know There was always a light on for us, always guiding us home To help find our way home Just think of us together whenever you're down Are you all right? Are you okay? I kept our room just the same as when you went away Are you all right? Are you okay? I kept the pictures of us before you went away Baby I wait, and I wait, and I wait Baby I hope and I pray you're okay

10   What Never Dies (03:29)

11   Am I a Fool (03:02)

12   Love Song (02:48)

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