A Young Trophy Band in the Parlance of Our Times is the third extended play by American melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust. It was released on compact disc and 12" vinyl by American record label Equal Vision Records on May 28, 2002. German record label Defiance Records licensed the rights to the extended play for the European market, though these compact disc and 12" vinyl editions were released a day earlier than the American one, on May 27, 2002. In promotion of the release, As Friends Rust toured the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Europe several times between March 2002 and November 2002, accompanied by such bands as Brand New, Coheed and Cambria, Thursday, Sick of It All, The Movielife, Shai Hulud, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Open Hand, Shelter, Keepsake, Hotwire, Fairweather, The Sainte Catherines, This Day Forward, Bloodlet, The Reunion Show, The Stryder, Liars Academy, Running from Dharma, Prevent Falls, The Remedy Session and The Copperpot Journals. The band also performed at notable festivals like Van's Warped Tour in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, Krazy Fest in Louisville, Kentucky, Hell City Tattoo Festival in Columbus, Ohio, Gorefest in Miami, Florida, Chaos Days Festival in Savannah, Georgia, Ieperfest in Ypres, Belgium, Defiance Festival in Köln, Germany, Mondsee Open Air Festival in Hohenmölsen, Germany, Nordhausen Festival in Nordhausen, Germany and Sommerspektakel Open Air Festival in Sarstedt, Germany. The band went through extensive line-up changes following A Young Trophy Band in the Parlance of Our Times' recording sessions and ensuing promotional tours. The extended play was written and recorded with lead vocalist Damien Moyal, guitarists Joseph Simmons and Christopher "Floyd" Beckham, drummer Zachary Swain and bass guitarist Thomas Rankine. Moyal quit the band less than two weeks after the recording sessions, forcing Beckham to step up as lead vocalist and former member Gordon Tarpley to return as fill-in guitarist for a month's worth of shows, before As Friends Rust had a chance to recruit new vocalist Adam D'Zurilla. Four months later, Beckham also departed. After completing a European and British tour as a four-piece, and fulfilling most of its contractual obligations to the many record labels to which the band was signed, the remaining members of As Friends Rust decided to change the band's name to Salem in September 2002. Salem continued to tour in promotion of the release for two more months before focusing on new material. (en)
A Young Trophy Band in the Parlance of Our Times is the third extended play by American melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust. It was released on compact disc and 12" vinyl by American record label Equal Vision Records on May 28, 2002. German record label Defiance Records licensed the rights to the extended play for the European market, though these compact disc and 12" vinyl editions were released a day earlier than the American one, on May 27, 2002. (en)
