Editing Funeral for a Friend (section)

====''Hours''====
In May 2005, the first single from the upcoming second album "[[Streetcar (song)|Streetcar]]" acted as the band's fourth consecutive top 20 single in the United Kingdom by debuting at number 15.<ref name="contact-history">{{cite magazine|url = http://www.contactmusic.com/pages/funeralafriendx26x10x05 | title = Funeral for a Friend – History Music Video | magazine = [[Contactmusic.com]] | date = 14 November 2005 | access-date = 9 October 2012}}</ref> On 14 June 2005, the band released their second album ''[[Hours (Funeral for a Friend album)|Hours]]'' through [[Atlantic Records]]. Produced by [[Terry Date]], the album was recorded in two [[Seattle]] studios owned by the [[grunge]] band [[Pearl Jam]] and featured unusual methods of recording, for example Matt Davies' vocals were recorded whilst in a moving car and on a crowded Seattle street, for the song "Drive". Just two weeks after its release the album was certified a Silver over 60,000 sales<ref name="contact-history"/> and was awarded a Gold for over 100,000 sales on 23 December 2005.<ref name="bpi"/> In August of the same year, the band won a Kerrang! Award for "Best British Band".<ref>{{cite news|title=Green Day triumph at Kerrang! awards|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/26/arts.artsnews|first=Sam|last=Jones|date=26 August 2005|access-date=10 May 2012}}</ref>

Funeral for a Friend performed several low-profile shows in Wales, including [[Bangor University]] and [[Bridgend]] Recreation Centre, prior to the release of ''Hours''. In the United States, they played alongside bands such as [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]], [[Saosin]], [[Hawthorne Heights]] and [[Thrice]] on the Maurice Stage of the 2005 Vans [[Warped Tour]].<ref name="MTV-2005"/> The band headlined the British leg of Taste of Chaos across November with support from [[The Used]], [[Killswitch Engage]], [[Rise Against]] and [[Story of the Year]].<ref name="contact-history"/> Funeral for a Friend released the third and last single from Hours, "[[History (Funeral for a Friend song)|History]]", which music video depicts the events of the [[UK miners' strike (1984–1985)|miner strikes of the mid-1980s]] in South Wales.<ref name="contact-history"/>

Funeral For a Friend closed the promotional activity for ''Hours'' in the Summer of 2006, with a series of UK shows rescheduled from February. Most of the original dates had been cancelled because Matt Davies had suffered from a bout of laryngitis. Several other shows were scheduled in the UK to complement these rescheduled dates, and the tour culminated in a slot below headliners [[Guns N' Roses]] at the [[Download Festival]] at [[Donington Park]]. The rest of 2006 was spent writing and recording the band's third album.