Aesthetic is the debut EP

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 band From First to Last

From First to Last

From First to Last was an American rock band based out of Los Angeles, originally hailing from Valdosta, Georgia and Tampa, Florida. The band released their first EP titled Aesthetic in 2003 with vocalist Phillip Reardon, followed by Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count in 2004 and Heroine in...

, released in 2003

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. It was the band's first release. Original pressings contain the band's original name First Too Last, but later pressings changed when the band added the From to the beginning of their name. In 2008, Aesthetic has become available again in the iTunes Store.

Track listing

All songs written by From First to Last.

1. "Such a Tragedy" – 3:08
2. "Radical" – 0:27
3. "For the Taking" – 3:39
4. "Regrets and Romance" – 3:51
5. "When Flying Feels Like Falling" – 2:51
6. "Ultimatums for Egos" – 3:31
7. "My Heart, Your Hands" – 4:20

Personnel

From First to Last

• Phillip Reardon – lead vocals, unclean vocals, backing vocals, keyboard, songwriter
• Matt Good
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   – vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar
• Travis Richter
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   – vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar
• Joey Antillion – bass
• Derek Bloom
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   – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Maria Richter – vocals
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   on "For the Taking" and "Regrets and Romance".

Additional personnel

• Lee Dyess – engineering
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• Adam Krause – photography
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• Burn It Down Media – artwork
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Aesthetic demos

Demos of most of the songs recorded for this were released before this EP as "singles" so that the band could get their music out to the public. These demos can still be found on the internet.