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Metacritic	(66/100)
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Allmusic
Blabbermouth.net	(7.5/10)
BBC	(Favourable)
Drowned in Sound	(6/10)
Gig Wise	(Favourable)
The Guardian
New Musical Express	(4/10)
Rock Sound	(9/10)
The Shields Gazette	(6/10)
The Skinny
Sputnikmusic	(3.4/5)
Virgin Media

Conduit is the sixth studio album by Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend. It was released on 28 January 2013 through Distiller Records and 5 February 2013 through The End Records in the United States. This is the band's first release with former Rise to Remain drummer Pat Lundy, who replaced long-term drummer and vocalist Ryan Richards after the material was written but before recording, except for "High Castles", which is inherited from the earlier EP See You All in Hell. Throughout the recording of the album the band released several teaser videos that showed the recording of individual instruments.

Conduit is described as being more consistently heavy than their previous releases, as they have all varied in style.Conduit is seen as the band returning to their musical roots, this is reflected in how it is some of the band's heaviest material and that raw music featured on the album captures the energy of a younger band. Much like their previous work the album is considered as post-hardcore. The album features a combination of metalcore guitar riffs, metallic breakdowns, gang vocals, 'emotionally charged hooks' and melodic choruses. Matthew Davies has summarised the record neatly by saying "it's a post-hardcore record that is not afraid to drop into some hardcore for good measure." Saying elements of it are "extremely direct and gritty".

The band's new drummer Pat Lundy has summarised the style on the record as "lot heavier and a lot more current" describing Davies' vocals as "exploring more than ever now". Davis' screaming vocals are seen as bridging the gap between his normal melodic vocals and the screamed vocals of the band's previous drummer and vocalist Ryan Richards, who left prior to the recording of this album (however, Davies previously used more conventional screamed vocals of his own prominently in some early songs by the band and as occasional elements on later albums). Lyrical themes on the album range through several topics, "from the passage of time to the power of advertising to friends dying".

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