But is this just trying to grab a bit of deflected publicity? As this form of citing morrissey seems to be in vogue at the moment.

That's funny because I do that exact thing; I write down a phrase that would make a neat title for a song or poem and then I stash it away in a drawer somewhere to refer to it later.

Anywho...

I saw Funeral for a Friend back in April when they opened for Coheed & Cambria. They weren't too bad, a bit screamy, but musically they were alright. I can't really sense that they were influenced by The Smiths/Morrissey, but... eh... none of these other bands out there who claim to be big Smiths fans resemble their sound, either. Oh well. That's a good thing, anyway. ;)