This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For

This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For
EP by Bring Me the Horizon
Released	25 September 2004 (2004-09-25)
Recorded	2004
Studio	Pristine Studios, Nottingham
Genre	Metalcore [1] [2] deathcore [3] mathcore [4]
Length	18:27
Label	Thirty Days of Night Visible Noise Earache
Producer	Johnny Carter Paul Yeadon
Bring Me the Horizon chronology
The Bedroom Sessions (2004) This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For (2004) Count Your Blessings (2006)

This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For is the first EP by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. It was released on 25 September 2004, through Thirty Days of Night Records in Australia and on 30 January 2005, through Visible Noise Records in the UK. ^[5] The Visible Noise re-issue features a slightly altered artwork.

Background

This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For was released on 25 September 2007 in the US through Earache Records. The original pressing, on Thirty Days of Night Records, was a strict run of only 1,000 copies. Its title comes from the first line of lyrics found in the track "Traitors Never Play Hangman". According to an interview with the band, "Traitors Never Play Hangman" was originally two different songs. One being "Traitors Never Play Hangman", and the other called "We Are All Movie Stars". They played them live one after another to begin with but after a while they decided to join the two songs together into one. ^[6]

The EP initially had its work being done with this song being two separate songs wherein the EP would be a five-track release that would include the songs: "Who Wants Flowers When You're Dead? Nobody.", "Dagger", "Passe Compose", "Traitors Never Play Hangman" and "We Are All Movie Stars". ^[7] The artwork was different as well, with the cover featuring the band's logo with a sparrow in the corner of the cover standing about a bottle of leaking love hearts. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [12]
Gigwise	[2]

This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For received mixed reviews from critics.

Mike Diver of Drowned in Sound praised the EP, saying it's "full of real promise" and that the "songs are tough, brutal, and more punk than Johnny Rotten undercrackers worn for five days solid." ^[12]

Reviewing the EP for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia described the release as "pretty boys making ugly music." He referred to the music as "very challanging, but never boring," noting an influence from bands such as Job for a Cowboy and The Red Chord. He concluded his review by saying the band "may just have enough personality to compete." ^[1] Michelle Evans of Gigwise said the "lyrics and song explanations smack of youthful naivety" and that there's nothing wrong with the EP, "but nothing fantastic either." She called the musicianship good and competent, but not exceptional and un-inspiring. ^[2]

Jack Rogers writing for Rock Sound reviewed the song "RE: They Have No Reflections" and commented that it is "Scrappy, heavy and completely and utterly debauched". ^[13]

Accolades

• The EP won "The Most Brootal E.P of the Year" 2004 in a poll published in the alternative music magazine ABM.^{[ citation needed ]}
• The track "Who Wants Flowers When You're Dead? Nobody." was included in NME 's special edition magazine titled "501 Lost Songs", where it was listed in the metal section of the countdown with eleven other songs by bands such as Metallica, Slipknot and Marilyn Manson. ^[14]
• Kerrang! included "Who Wants Flowers When You're Dead? Nobody." on its list of "11 lesser known Bring Me the Horizon songs that everyone needs to hear" in 2021. ^[15]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Oliver Sykes; all music is composed by Bring Me the Horizon

No.	Title	Length
1.	"RE: They Have No Reflections"	5:42
2.	"Who Wants Flowers When You're Dead? Nobody."	4:54
3.	"Rawwwrr!"	4:13
4.	"Traitors Never Play Hangman"	3:37
Total length:		18:27

Personnel

Bring Me the Horizon

• Oli Sykes – vocals, artwork
• Lee Malia – lead guitar
• Curtis Ward – rhythm guitar
• Matt Kean – bass
• Matt Nicholls – drums

Additional personnel

• Johnny Carter – production
• Paul Yeadon – production, engineering
• Tom Barnes – photography

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Bring Me the Horizon This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 October 2018.
2. "Bring Me The Horizon - 'This Is What The Edge of Your Seat Was Made For' (Visible Noise) - Released 30 January 2006". Gigwise . Archived from the original on 28 June 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
3. Redrup, Zach. "NEWS: Bring Me The Horizon perform medley of early era songs in Amsterdam!" . Retrieved 27 January 2019.
4. "10 Essential Bring Me the Horizon Tracks Proving They May Really be Metal's New Champions".
5. "Bring Me The Horizon Rocksound Interview". Rockworld TV . Carnaby Media. 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
6. "Bring me the Horizon « Rubrika | this ISN´T emo world, this is paradise". Emo-punck.blog.cz. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
7. Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
8. "Photobucket". I153.photobucket.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
9. "origart.jpg Photo by nail_the_casket | Photobucket". S153.photobucket.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
10. "Photobucket". I153.photobucket.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
11. "Photobucket". I153.photobucket.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
12. Diver, Mike (27 January 2005). "DIS review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
13. Jack Rogers (17 November 2017). "Hidden Gems: Bring Me The Horizon". Rock Sound . Retrieved 4 December 2017.
14. "501 Lost Songs - 2011". NME . Rocklist.net. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
15. Ruskell, Nick (19 May 2021). "11 lesser known Bring Me The Horizon songs that everyone needs to hear". Kerrang! . Retrieved 21 May 2023.

External links

• This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)