A friction material having a first surface and a second surface comprising: a friction matrix comprising a plurality of wet-laid fibers that cooperate to define a skeletal matrix comprising a predetermined porosity, said plurality of wet-laid fibers cooperating to define a plurality of interstices in said skeletal matrix, wherein a majority of said plurality of wet-laid fibers comprise a length of at least 0.08 mm; wherein said friction material is saturated with a binder; a plurality of particles; and a plurality of agglomerations comprising said binder and said plurality of particles, said plurality of agglomerations being formed or provided at said plurality of said plurality of interstices, respectively, so that said plurality of wet-laid fibers are reinforced at said plurality of said plurality of interstices by said plurality of particles and said binder, characterized in that, a plurality of said plurality of agglomerations being between said first surface and said second surface wherein said predetermined porosity enables said plurality of particles to travel freelv through the friction matrix during formation of the friction material to allow the plurality of particles to locate at the plurality of interstices of the friction matrix; each of said plurality of said plurality of interstices comprising a relatively larger electrical charge density than the other areas along a length of any given fiber, which tends to attract the particulate material to the interstices. a friction matrix comprising a plurality of wet-laid fibers that cooperate to define a skeletal matrix comprising a predetermined porosity, said plurality of wet-laid fibers cooperating to define a plurality of interstices in said skeletal matrix, wherein a majority of said plurality of wet-laid fibers comprise a length of at least 0.08 mm; wherein said friction material is saturated with a binder; a plurality of particles; and a plurality of agglomerations comprising said binder and said plurality of particles, said plurality of agglomerations being formed or provided at said plurality of said plurality of interstices, respectively, so that said plurality of wet-laid fibers are reinforced at said plurality of said plurality of interstices by said plurality of particles and said binder, characterized in that, a plurality of said plurality of agglomerations being between said first surface and said second surface wherein said predetermined porosity enables said plurality of particles to travel freelv through the friction matrix during formation of the friction material to allow the plurality of particles to locate at the plurality of interstices of the friction matrix; a binder; a plurality of particles; and a plurality of agglomerations comprising said binder and said plurality of particles, said plurality of agglomerations being formed or provided at said plurality of said plurality of interstices, respectively, so that said plurality of wet-laid fibers are reinforced at said plurality of said plurality of interstices by said plurality of particles and said binder, characterized in that, a plurality of said plurality of agglomerations being between said first surface and said second surface wherein said predetermined porosity enables said plurality of particles to travel freelv through the friction matrix during formation of the friction material to allow the plurality of particles to locate at the plurality of interstices of the friction matrix; each of said plurality of said plurality of interstices comprising a relatively larger electrical charge density than the other areas along a length of any given fiber, which tends to attract the particulate material to the interstices.