The Always Open Mouth

The Always Open Mouth is the third full-length album by the post-hardcore band Fear Before the March of Flames, released in September 2006.^[7]

The Always Open Mouth
Studio album by Fear Before The March of Flames
Released	September 19, 2006
Recorded	April–May 2006
Studio	Johnny Cab Studios, The Tank
Genre	Post-hardcore, experimental rock
Length	46:03
Label	Equal Vision[1]
Producer	Bobby Darling[2]
Fear Before The March of Flames chronology
Art Damage (2004) The Always Open Mouth (2006) Fear Before (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	(95%)[3]
Alternative Press	[4]
The A.V. Club	C[2]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[5]
Kerrang!	[citation needed]
Punknews.org	[6]

Critical reception

Drowned in Sound called the album "a complex and matured experimental punk record that is both ravishingly beautiful and jaw-droppingly massive in one fouler-than-foul swoop."^[5] PopMatters wrote that "although a valiant effort, The Always Open Mouth is, more or less, an amalgam of separate ideas, none of which seem to pan out."^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Absolute Future"	1:06
2.	"Drowning the Old Hag"	2:54
3.	"Mouth"	3:32
4.	"Taking Cassandra to the End of the World Party"	2:44
5.	"Ten Seconds in Los Angeles"	2:20
6.	"The Waiting Makes Me Curious"	4:48
7.	"High as a Horse"	2:37
8.	"Dog Sized Bird"	2:14
9.	"Complete and Utter Confusion..."	2:19
10.	"...As a Result of Signals Being Crossed"	4:02
11.	"My (Fucking) Deer Hunter"	4:11
12.	"Lycanthropy"	3:07
13.	"A Brief Tutorial in Bachanalia"	4:36
14.	"A Gift for Fiction"	2:19
15.	"Absolute Past"	3:07

Personnel

• David Marion – lead vocals
• Adam Fisher – lead guitar, clean vocals, keyboards, programming, piano, percussion
• Zachary Hutchings – rhythm guitar, percussion
• Michael Madruga – bass, backing vocals, percussion
• Brandon Proff – drums, percussion, programming, layout and design

Additional

• Anthony Green – additional vocals on track 11
• Jeremy Fisher – additional vocals on track seven
• Ryan Smith (Sterling Sound) – mastering
• Bobby Darling – producer
• Casey Bates – engineering and mixing

References

1. "FEAR BEFORE THE MARCH OF FLAMES 'THE ALWAYS OPEN MOUTH' VINYL". Equal Vision Records. December 25, 2016.
2. "The Always Open Mouth: Fear Before The March Of Flames". Music. 14 November 2006.
3. "chorus.fm". chorus.fm--AbsolutePunk.
4. "Fear Before The March Of Flames". Alternative Press. December 6, 2006.
5. "Album Review: Fear Before The March Of Flames - The Always Open Mouth". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
6. "Fear Before - The Always Open Mouth". www.punknews.org. 19 September 2006.
7. "Fear Before the March of Flames | Biography & History". AllMusic.
8. "Fear Before the March of Flames: The Always Open Mouth". PopMatters. November 20, 2006.