Going global in search of glory.

Funeral For a Friend look in shape to earn platinum status with their fourth album

Funeral for a friend Tales don't tell themselves (atlantic)

In Funeral For A Friend's fourth studio album, the band have delivered a set with its sights set firmly on the international stage. As they move confidently towards a parallel UK/US release date, manager Craig Jennings believes his charges are positioned to take their global career up a notch.

Both previous albums, 2003's Casually Dressed In Conversation and 2005's Hours, have been certified gold in the UK with US sales surpassing 100,000 each time. With the new album, entitled Tales Don't Tell Themselves, which is released in the UK on May 14, Jennings says the sights are set decidedly higher.

"This time [the album] has to be platinum, no doubt about that. We feel we have at least four very strong singles on here and certainly the next single Walkaway, which will follow the album very quickly, we think is the crossover record."

In the UK, lead single Into Oblivion is off to a strong start at radio with day playlist support from Xfm and Radio One, where it is currently B-listed. Virgin and Kerrang! have both playlisted the track, which has also entered the Top 50 most-played videos chart.

"All these people are new supporters, which is really encouraging for us," says Jennings. Atlantic marketing manager Stuart Camp echoes Jennings' sentiments. "We've ...