Senses Fail - Let It Enfold You (Original / Leak)

Senses Fail is a band that needs no real introduction. Formed in 2001 and hailing from Ridgewood, New Jersey, Senses Fail started off playing my personal favorite style of post hardcore, the kind that mixes hardcore / emo / screamo / with like a hint of metalcore placed in there every now and then. On March 25, 2002 they released their REAL debut EP titled, "...Fallen Dreams". 3 more songs were later recorded on June 8-9th, 2002 and these new songs were combined with the original EP to create what most consider to be the debut Senses Fail release, "From the Depths of Dreams". 

Shortly after, they got signed to Drive Thru Records which rereleased the "From the Depths of Dreams" EP with new artwork and a few added songs. Around 2003, Senses Fail began work on their debut LP, "Let It Enfold You" (2004). This LP is a perfect encapsulation of what Senses Fail was building up to this point, "Tie Her Down" is an all time favorite of mine personally. Which leads me to my post here... I just found out that apparently there was an "original" / "advance / "unmastered" version of this record that was originally recorded and ultimately leaked by the band themselves. This most noticeable difference in the "original" version is the screams that are much more prominent on this version - "Tie Her Down" & "Slow Dance" are quick examples that show these differences. I've seen conflicting reasons as to why a lot of the screaming was cut for the actual released version. One reason I've seen is that Drive Thru Records found screaming to be, "Out / Outdated" as well as that MCA was absorbed by Geffen Records which wasn't happy that the album wasn't really radio accessible and had a stand out single, thus causing the record to be shelved for 8 months. Due to this Senses Fail wrote, "Buried a Lie" & "Rum is for Drinking, Not Burning" in defiance. Likely it's a combination of these reasons as to why the version that was released is noticeably softer. Regardless it's really interesting that another version exists, and I definitely like it more and it makes me appreciate the record even more than I already did.

Senses Fail on this recording was:

Bass / Backing Vox - Mike Glita

Guitars - Dave Miller & Garrett Zablocki

Drums - Dan Trapp

Vox - Buddy Neilsen

Let It Enfold You (Original) [2004]

1. Tie Her Down

2. Lady in a Blue Dress

3. Cute When you Scream

4. Buried a Lie

5. Bit to Break Sin

6. Rum is for Drinking, Not for Burning

7. Slow Dance

8. Choke on This

9. NJ Falls Into the Atlantic

10. Let It Enfold You

11. The Irony of Dying on Your Birthday

12. Angela Baker and My Obsession

13. Martini Kiss

so love me gently with a chainsaw (chainsawwww)