Hide Nothing is the third studio album by the Pompano Beach, Florida rock band Further Seems Forever, released in 2004 by Tooth & Nail Records.
[6] Though he initially agreed to finish working on the album, he backed out, leaving the group to complete it amidst financial pressure from Tooth & Nail Records.
"[8] Despite an announcement that Further Seems Forever planned to break up,[9] the band revealed that Sense Field frontman Jon Bunch had joined as their new vocalist in mid-February 2004.
[14] Further Seems Forever played their first show with Bunch in early May 2004; the band tried to have Gleason for a tour with their Tooth & Nail label-mates, until negotiations fell through.
[28] On April 30, 2005, the band played a one-off reunion show with its original members, including Carrabba and Dominguez, at The Bamboozle, at which they performed The Moon Is Down in its entirety.
[29][30][31] With Bunch back on vocals, Further Seems Forever toured Europe and the United Kingdom during May and June 2005, joined by bass guitarist Thomas Rankine (formerly of As Friends Rust and Salem).
[35][36] A planned farewell show in Canada was cancelled when Further Seems Forever became banned from the country as the result of an improperly filled out form.
[42] Jesus Freak Hideout staff member Josh Taylor said Bunch's vocals were "much more melodic and ambient" than Gleason's or Carrabba's, though not as emotional as the latter, "but the power is there.
"[38] With the album, AllMusic said the band furthered their developing brand of "appealing ... melodic emo-core", coming across as "a more finely tuned sense of songcraft" than How to Start a Fire.
[13] The resultant mixture of confessional singer-songwriter elements, aggressive guitar work and harmonies "should appeal to both the hardcore set and lovers of emo-tinged indie rock.