The Tribune - Untitled 2002 EP

The untitled EP recorded in 2002 by the old school Emo band The Tribune. I included a bonus track, Kite demo version.
The band is notable as it's the first teen project/band by Thomas Erak who later formed The Fall of Troy. The Tribune recorded the EP and existed at the same time as The 30 Years War (later renamed to The Fall of Troy).
Pictures are from the 2002 April, Church gig (at the same gig The Tribune played sadly no pictures of the drummer), one of the pictures shows a really young Thomas Erak with his fist band Daydreamer, date when the picture was taken is unknown, and who the other 2 members were (maybe Mike and Jay, but not confirmed).
0. Kite (Full long demo, uncut version)- 0:00
1. Windmills - 8:24
2. Carousel - 12:47
3. Ever True, So True - 18:10
4. Mitchell - 25:00
5. Kite - 28:20
Members:
Thomas Erak - vocals, guitar
Mike Munro - bass
Jay Beaman - drums
Genre: Emo/Post-hardcore/Progressive Post-hardcore/Math Rock
Original track list:
1. Windmills - 8:24
2. Carousel - 12:47
3. Ever True, So True - 18:10
4. Mitchell - 25:00
5. Kite - 28:20

[@Fematoraa]

Atleast every month, I dive deeper into the origins and making of The Fall Of Troy, and I just wish Thomas could remake and release every single song he has every created, because he is my favorite artist by far. I've never like almost one hundred percent of a artists music, but I like every single TFoT track. Thomas' skill and passion is the reason I picked up guitar, and dive deeper into his paper trail.

[@Cheebuger]

TFoT is, in my opinion, so different that it's refreshing. I'm not huge into screaming in my music but man, Thomas's vocals just do something to me. Heavy on liking every track I've heard.

[@RussianBot69420]

Acid always beings me back here

[@kylepwnt]

Carousel is such a special song to me. I listened to it a lot when I was suicidal in my teens. It would make me stop wanting to hurt myself, just a little bit. Just enough.

[@kylenoll123]

Hope you're doing well! :)

[@jas3.14]

NOW THAT YOUVE SPOKE, I CAN HEAR NOTHIIIIING!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@colton5746]

Why is it such an exclusive club that sees the pre fall of troy albums as the masterpieces they are?

[@thomasmartin7411]

Because we all tapped in long before The Fall Of Troy was on Fuse

[@wheresthegrillcheese]

Oh boy do i remember playing these songs on my ipod back in the day sometime 2007/2008?? Alongside 30 years war. Those were the days. I had friends that introduced me to some of Equal vision records catalogue back in the day. Lots of great albums stood out. The fall of troy, Circa survive, Chiodos first album, Hot cross being introduced in 2007, Damiera, Bear vs shark, Coheed and Cambria, Cinematic sunrise, oh boy were those the days.

[@disappearingsyndrome7826]

as a fan of tfot and circa survive…….damn…..i envy you

[@gomeznuke]

I always come back to these songs and still get eerily nostalgic. Demos and early tapes hit me hard like mars volta demos, Shabutie and early coheed, and those circa demos on their 10 year anniversary albums. Fuck man. I torrented tribune stuff almost 6 years ago.

[@TeenieTinyTina]

Man I remember being so excited when they did Kite as Just Like Vinyl

[@xFuzzyxPicklesx]

ur channel is legendary, been coming back here for years

[@Kevins202]

2020 anyone?

[@sleeplessgrave]

Bro I'm listening to this forever

[@Rytaliin]

2023

[@Kevins202]

@@Rytaliin Still alive

[@giuartista2911]

​@@Rytaliin 😎🤘🏿

[@tonyonafriday]

march 2024 reporting😊

[@adambenjamin2692]

Thank you for uploading this. Unlocked some super old memories.

[@kylenoll123]

So happy tfot is still kicking ass man. Especially happy since they re-recorded their old stuff for their new album, and it's fucking killer. Props to you OP, I've been revisiting your channel for so long now!

[@lifeisdead01]

I know I'm going deep into the Fall of Troy fandom if I'm here. It's so easy to see how talented he was at what, 15? To a great extent, I feel like the exploding trend of neo-soul can be traced back here, mainly through TFOT's significant influence on the early part of Chon's career. Both bands had a shared use of frequent tempo changes and chord voicings (F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X and Bubble Dream, for example), which had a major influence on the Math-rock scene, including Polyphia, who is now one of the leaders of the neo-soul scene along with Ichika.

[@MrQueefs]

totally agree. if you ever wanna geek out on fall of troy shit hmu

[@lifeisdead01]

@@MrQueefs Hell yeah, no one I know irl cares about this stuff!

[@Stix_Zidinia]

"Shared a use of chord voicings".. lol every rock band shares a use of chord voicings? What about those chord voicings? You're leaving information out.

[@leeumhopkins]

Thomas has a very unique taste and ability to use his technical prowess to capture the likes of all of his influences. every song he’s ever written has hints of Sunny Day Real Estate melody, At The Drive In emotion, Botch energy, Weezer-like lyrics, etc. a truly amazing talent, it’s a shame he lives in an era where guitar based music is not as appreciated by the masses.

[@user-oh3oz1hm7f]

Neo-Soul? Polyphia is not Neo Soul wtf Eyrkah Badu and Amy Winehouse is Neo Soul not exclusively math rock

[@chrispendragon1403]

im glad im back here again. its been a long while.

[@nitrogencover8339]

this EP is WOW

[@DaNewWrksOfMeh]

forever loyal

[@joebuczkowski8605]

#3 Ever true so true, sounds like people and their lives off in the unlikely event.

[@user-ec3ex1ru9y]

❤️ I love Thomas Erak

[@uglyorganist]

Insane

[@Vodka-182]

Can I ask you for a download link?

[@princessdrive]

2024 anyone?

[@xRyuzakii]

seems that you have been into an Erak hype lately, which is great hahaha. I didn't have some pictures in here! you should upload them all somewhere or something. I will always love this ep.

[@Mazut0]

Jai Castellanos I'm in the Erak/TFOT hype since like 2007 when I saw a video of a guy doing air guitar to Sledgehammer XD Since then I collected like everything possible including some rare demo versions from Self Titled, Doppelganger and Manipulator and various soundboard recordings, bootlegs of live shows from 2005, 2006 and 2007. As for the pictures I have ASS LOADS of pics from 2003, 2004 and 2005, like 1000 of them XD most of them havent been seen yet

[@xRyuzakii]

thekazuya005 I don't doubt it lol. I have also been into them since 2008, as my top favorite band ever. I would die for them pictures, though. You really should upload them!

[@JohnWoo22]

thekazuya005 was it the smosh air guitar video? lol i remember that it was the first time i heard the band too. you should upload everything you have dude.

[@HoistTheSailsGentlemen]

If anyone has a copy of this let me know, fam.

[@metalmonkey604]

fuck this is crazy good

[@thischannelwillnolongerbep7206]

Windmills kind of sounds like Spartacus

[@kupuskacahouse]

Teenager kids wrote this.

[@tengoodquestions]

Talent + less distractions or at least, it was harder to get distracted

[@broderick.8054]

Do you have any more tribune and thirty years war stuff you could post? It would be awesome if you had some other, lesser known tracks from the bands.

[@RussianBot69420]

Legendary profile pic

[@casperriley9873]

This is amazing I never knew kite was soo fucking old. I was 4 man.

[@Pillbug___________1]

thomas erak with short hair, wut

[@jawnske]

is there any way to download this without having to rip from youtube??

[@HideYourScreams]

A year later but there is a bandcamp called tribune2002 that has this (except de kite long demo) and the 30 years war demo able to download

[@jawnske]

@@HideYourScreams ayy bigup

[@ddd99909]

@@HideYourScreams do you have the link?

[@blakedavis6193]

Just like vinly-kite? What came first?!?

[@2010swag]

Also, how the hell is Kite also on Just Like Vinyl's album? Somehow Thomas recreated it??

[@Mazut0]

Milkaroni Omg spammer XD Thomas just thought it was good enough to be on the JLV record. And it damn was.. I love Kite

[@2010swag]

Also, who is everyone in the pictures?

[@sukebandeath87]

Where was this found?

[@zip-zorplobladongo6004]

IS Juste like vinyl ????????

[@2010swag]

How the hell did you get all this stuff dude?! Seriously? Like the lively showbox and the encore too? And to get the tribune's audio too? This is just crazy man but you gotta tell me how you did it.

[@2010swag]

thekazuya005 But how did you get it? Where did you download it from?

[@Mazut0]

+Milkaroni kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJjOd5trr9qcZrc

[@2010swag]

thekazuya005 One of the many, many reasons I'm subscribed to you

[@Terror0619]

How do I download this

[@Crummyguy]

I’ve been looking for 2 days. I’ll give you a link if I find one

[@arthurasatrian9044]

Lol, is it thomas erak? Lol ;)

[@munekey]

Anyone know the tuning?

[@Mazut0]

It's between standard and half step down, his guitar was technically speaking, out of tune.

[@munekey]

Thank you. The riff in ever true was making me think there's something wrong with my guitar