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Script
Why we feature this artist For the First Time gives the chorus a lived-in setting The Script's For the First Time begins with circumstances small enough to recognise and lets the refrain widen the emotional view. The song introduced the band's second album, Sc…
- From
- Ireland
- Sound
- Pop rock, soft rock, indie rock
- Active
- 2001–present
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For the First Time gives the chorus a lived-in setting
The Script's For the First Time begins with circumstances small enough to recognise and lets the refrain widen the emotional view. The song introduced the band's second album, Science & Faith, in 2010.
The second album's first statement
Sony's contemporary release announcement identifies Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan in the writing and production of Science & Faith, recorded between London and Dublin. The album arrived in September 2010 before its later American release, with For the First Time serving as the first single.
The details make room for a crowd
The verses give the feeling a situation to belong to, so the larger refrain sounds connected to people trying to get through an ordinary difficult period. O'Donoghue's phrasing has enough conversational movement to keep those details close. When the arrangement grows, the song can become communal without losing the impression of an individual voice. That is a particular strength of this Script period: the broad melodic statement earns its place through the smaller scene established before it.
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For the First Time
The Science & Faith lead single moves from close narrative detail into a broad band refrain.