{"product_id":"a_celebration_of_an_ending","title":"A Celebration Of An Ending","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Celebration of an Ending is the debut full-length album by San Diego post-hardcore band Before Today, released on September 21, 2004 via Equal Vision Records. The band had formed in the late 1990s under the name Early Times, playing local shows and self-releasing material before being signed to Equal Vision Records — on the condition that they change their name, as \"Early Times\" was already a copyrighted name. They chose \"Before Today\" from one of their own songs, and recorded the album at Doubletime Studios in Santee, California. The lineup consisted of Victor Fuentes on vocals and guitar, Joe Tancil on guitar, Mitchell Ballatore on bass, and Michael Fuentes on drums — the Fuentes brothers who would later go on to found Pierce the Veil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album runs 10 tracks at just under 35 minutes and sits within the post-hardcore genre, combining aggressive, melodic guitar work with Victor Fuentes' raw and expressive vocals. Tracks like \"Pierce the Veil,\" \"The Process of Losing and Gaining,\" and \"The Well of Tradition\" demonstrate the band's balance of abrasive and melodic sensibilities, while the album opener \"Sight to Frame\" serves as a brief instrumental introduction. Before Today toured behind the record for roughly two years before disbanding in 2006 when Tancil and Ballatore departed, leaving the Fuentes brothers to eventually form Pierce the Veil — making A Celebration of an Ending a historically notable artifact as the direct predecessor to one of post-hardcore's most prominent acts of the following decade.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"CD \/ Album","offer_id":53642131046714,"sku":"38620","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-23_at_1.55.07_PM.jpeg?v=1782237594","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/a_celebration_of_an_ending","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}