Falling Into Place by Finch

Falling Into Place, the 2001 EP that introduced Temecula, California's Finch on Drive-Thru Records, comes with a nice backstory: guitarist Randy Strohmeyer had sent fan letters to label owner Richard Reines a few years earlier, the two became friends, and Reines offered the band a slot at a Drive-Thru showcase. By then they had shed their first name, Numb, and the phase Nate Barcalow later described as a Deftones rip-off.

The lineup had Barcalow singing and playing keyboards, Strohmeyer and Alex Linares on guitars, Derek Doherty on bass and Alex Pappas on drums, and the sound is post-hardcore with its heart hanging out, melodies lurching into full-throated screams and back again. "Letters to You" is the song that carried it to the countdowns, and next came What It Is to Burn, the album whose title track made their name.

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