Senses Fail is a Ridgewood, New Jersey based post-hardcore band that draws heavily from the punk, emo, hardcore, screamo and pop-rock genres (as cited on their Myspace 1). Their main influences are Fairweather, Grade, The Promise Ring, The Get Up Kids, Thursday, Jawbreaker and Saves The Day. The band is influenced by many spiritual beliefs, which manifest themselves in their lyrics and musical themes.
Their first release, on August 16 2002, was a six-track EP on ECA Records, From the Depths of Dreams. This was re-released on April 29 2003, on Drive-Thru Records, with two extra tracks. Their first full-length album, Let It Enfold You, was released on September 7, 2004 on Vagrant Records. It, too, was re-released, with five bonus tracks; three acoustic versions of songs on "Let It Enfold You", a new track named "American Death" and a cover of the song "Institutionalized", which was originally by Suicidal Tendencies.
In 2005, the band's web site announced the departure, by mutual agreement, of guitar...
| years active | 2002 - present |
| origin | Bergen County, New Jersey, United States |
| music genre | Post-Hardcore |
| current members | Buddy Nielsen Garrett Zablocki Mike Glita Dan Trapp |
