The Faint - "Wet From Birth"

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I think this comes out pretty soon; I found a promo copy in the used bin and picked it up. Colorful cover artwork of a collage with a fetuses and stuff on it.
I know this band is a touchy one for ILM -- probably more haters than defenders -- and I wonder if this album will change anything, because it's so different than the others in many ways.

There's some unbelievably catchy tunes, but it's pretty goofy considering their goth-y image:
"Erection" seems to be a tribute to boners, as far as I can tell...
In "Desperate Guys" ("I was looking indifferent at the merch booth putting on make up...") they kind of make fun of themselves.

There's also more real instruments -- some of the mixing of guitars and synths is pretty cool, and there's some real strings on some of the fast songs that sound very different.
Anyways, I know most people around here dislike this band immensely, but I thought I would start a thread for the few who are interested...

― Softly Weeping at the Oki Dog (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

i like the title

― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm definitely looking forward to hearing this, though I always prefer their fast, danceable songs to their ballads. Is it a relatively short album? I liked that about the last two.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't have it in front of me, but it's 10 tracks - 35 minutes maybe. Very tight. Oh, also, those ladies from Azure Ray do backing vocals on one track called "Southern Belles in London Sing" and it's really pretty.

― Softly Weeping at the Oki Dog (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm....a tribute to boners will be welcomed in the He1geson household!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 00:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I used to really like them. I saw them at the rehearsal space in Indianapolis in front of a really small crowd and they totally blew everyone away. Then they did that awful remix record - unlistenable except for the (GREAT) Thin White Duke mix - and TOURED BEHIND IT. I saw them in Chicago in a crowd full of assholes, and they were pompous and annoying and empty and I can't stand them ever since. Still, I like a lot of the second album and would like to hear this if it's a return to punkier stuff.

Obviously the title is great. I always thought their sense of humor was overlooked

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 01:08 (twenty-one years ago)

inexplicably, when forced to sit through blank wave arcade, there were bits of it that I enjoyed very much. it was like the dirtiest record duran duran ever made.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh wow, is this insufferable. And I actually thought their last album had some redeeming qualities.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 02:08 (twenty-one years ago)

first track "desperate guys" totally makes me like the Faint all of a sudden. dopest lead-off song in a long time.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 04:24 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

this is total shit.

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 8 October 2004 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

this is total shit.

I dunno, they're playing with TV On The Radio this Sunday. I'm thinking of going, so I just grabbed a few tracks online. "Agenda Suicide" is quite good.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 9 October 2004 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I would see them live, I just would advise against purchasing this new one ("Agenda Suicide" is from their very good previous album Danse Macabre, which I recommend!)

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 9 October 2004 00:53 (twenty-one years ago)

worst album of the year behind rilo kiley

― big chaki (chaki), Saturday, 9 October 2004 07:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Chaki's dream double-bill for his birthday!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 9 October 2004 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm enjoying it! Opening track sounds like a Camper Van Beethoven dance remix!

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 10 October 2004 01:08 (twenty-one years ago)

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