| Facs / Negative Houses |
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| Album: | Negative Houses | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Facs | Added: | Jul 2018 | |
| Label: | Trouble In Mind Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-08-02 | Pull Date: | 2018-10-04 |
| Week Ending: | Oct 7 | Sep 30 | Sep 16 | Sep 9 | Sep 2 | Aug 26 | Aug 19 | Aug 12 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 29, 2021: | Homeroom (rebroadcast from Aug 2, 2018) Houses Breathing | 4. | Oct 02, 2018: | Tuesday Morning Drive All Futures | |
| 2. | Oct 09, 2018: | Magnetized Toner Skylarking | 5. | Sep 25, 2018: | Tuesday Morning Drive All Futures | |
| 3. | Oct 03, 2018: | Brownian Motion Houses Breathing | 6. | Sep 15, 2018: | Music Casserole Skylarking |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Away Reviewed 2018-07-31 | ||
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Chicago dark art-rock legends Disappears had some lineup changes and switched their name to Facs. This is bascially the sixth Disappears album, even more rhythm-heavy and gothic than before. Thick concrete slabs of sound, minimal mantra-like songwriting, rock at its most cubist, drums at the front. This music has power. You can also dance to it, the less light the better. RIYL: Protomartyr, My Disco, New War, Joy Division, Horace Walpole. Favorites: 1, 5, 6, though all are good. No FCCs detected. 1. *(3:45)—Mid-tempo phaser’ed tom rolls. All liquid textures. Chilly, muted guitars streaming downward. 2. (3:46)—Medium-slow, lumbering, retro post-punk. Synth-like textures on the vocals and bass. 3. (8:47)—Loud, droning intro. The drums skitter, the music moves patiently. Few vocals. Lots of old horror film sound effects. Feels like a sequel to Bauhaus’s “Bela Lugosi’s Dead.” Dry, eerie saxophone. 4. (4:43)—Medium-slow, halting, dissonant from the start. Thin, warped guitar. Changes key. 5. *(3:42)—Mid-tempo. Full-on guitar noise, nearly atonal. Thick and slippery vocal echoes. 6. *(4:32)—Slow, thick, heavily manipulated drums. Grooves hard and deep. Minimal guitar plucking. Really good. Noisy outro. 7. (3:51)—Starts as a major-key bash-out. Stutter-steps forward quickly. RIYL Glenn Branca. 8. (3:35)—Fast. The drums have a digital lo-fi sound. Nice noisy post-punk finish. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Skylarking | 5. | Others | |||
| 2. | Silencing | 6. | Primary | |||
| 3. | Houses Breathing | 7. | Exit Like You | |||
| 4. | Just A Mirror | 8. | All Futures |