"When you're younger, you kind of freak out and want people to like you. I'm glad that I don't sound like I did 15 years ago." -- Ceci Bastida
"Learning to hear differently is part of the progression. Your hearing evolves and the perception [becomes] more musical." -- Stephen O'Malley
"I think the timing is right right now. We're really psyched about the record, and we just felt an agreement that this was a real time to strike." -- Christopher Pappas
"I don't believe in emulation. I think we have to create our own... I don't believe that we need to have someone to copy. I'd rather take influences in a productive manner and take it in our own direction." -- Jordan "Jordy" Topf
"Above all, we're artists. It's about the craft and doing something different, not necessarily doing what's expected." -- Kacy Ritter
"I feel like music can put thoughts in people's minds. It's there to lay blueprints." -- Phil Moore
"It's always been a mix of goofy influences." -- Brian Esser
At one-time –- as Fear Before The March of Flames –- the band was often compared to The Blood Brothers and Converge. Now, as their career reaches its seventh year, they find comparisons to Depeche Mode and the Deftones on their plate.