The Fire

The Fire is the fourth studio album by American post-hardcore/emo band Senses Fail and was released on October 26, 2010 through Vagrant Records. It is the first album since Zach Roach replaced Heath Saraceno on guitar, however Garrett Zablocki recorded all the guitar on the album. It is the last album to feature Zablocki as well, as he left the band in 2011. This album has two tracks that are featured on Senses Fail's greatest hits album Follow Your Bliss: The Best of Senses Fail. The two tracks are "The Fire" and "New Year's Eve". Background and production Senses Fail's third studio album Life Is Not a Waiting Room (2008) was released the week following the 2008 financial market crashing. It subsequently impacted the music industry, affecting the money that bands earned through sales. Vocalist Buddy Nielsen said: "[Y]ou started to see this dramatic shift of, 'Oh, this is kind of all gonna fall apart.'" In August 2009, guitarist Heath Saraceno left the band, citing a need to leave the music industry and seek a different career. In January 2010, it was reported that Zack Roach was the group's new guitarist. The band were then enthralled in a legal battle with former guitarist Dave Miller over royalties, which would last for a few years. Recording for their next album took place at Salad Days Studios, close to Baltimore, Maryland with producer Brian McTernan in June 2010. The band spent eight months up to this point working on their next album, coming up with 17 songs. Paul Leavitt acted as the Pro Tools engineer; McTernan mixed the recordings, before they were mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound in New York City.