What It Is to Burn

{{Album infobox |

  Name        = What It Is to Burn |

Type = Album | Artist = Finch |

  Cover       = WhatItIsToBurn.jpg |
  Background  = Orange |

Released = March 12 2002 | Recorded = Big Fish Studios (Encinitas, California) | Genre = Rock, emo, pop punk |

  Length      = 61:10 |

Label = Drive-Thru Records | Producer = Mark Trombino | Reviews =
*All Music Guide (4/5) link | Last album = Falling into Place
(2001) | This album = What It Is to Burn
(2002) | Next album = Say Hello to Sunshine
(2005)|What It Is To Burn is the first full length CD released by Finch. It was produced by Mark Trombino who has produced albums for Jimmy Eat World amongst others. Daryl Palumbo from New York band Glassjaw makes a guest appearance on two songs, "Grey Matter" and "Project Mayhem". The first pressing of the album contained a demo version of "What It Is to Burn" — which was originally on the compilation album Welcome to the Family (2001) — instead of the re-recorded version that was on later pressings.

Track listing

(all songs written by Nate Barcalow)# "New Beginnings" – 4:01# "Letters to You" – 3:19# "Post Script" – 2:49# "Grey Matter" – 2:39# "Perfection through Silence" – 3:09# "Awake" – 4:48# "Without You Here" – 4:10# "Stay with Me" – 4:02# "Project Mayhem" – 5:19# "Untitled" – 4:13# "Three Simple Words" – 4:38# "Ender" – 13:28# " What It Is To Burn" – 4:29

Bonus tracks

The British version of the album contains two bonus tracks, including the aforementioned demo and an acoustic song which was also available on Punk Goes Acoustic (2002):

14. "Letters to You" (Acoustic) – 3:40
15. "What It Is to Burn" (Demo) – 4:51

Personnel

*Nate Barcalow – vocals
*Derek Doherty – bass
*Alex Linares – guitar
*Daryl Palumbo – backing vocals
*Alex Pappas – drums
*Randy Strohmeyer – guitar
*Mark Trombino – programming