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Even voorstellen – FACS – album ‘wish defense’

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Even voorstellen – FACS – album ‘wish defense’

FACS "WISH DEFENSE" 07/02/2025 (trouble in mind/konkurrent)
The final album engineered by Steve Albini…

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"wish defense" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp2a894e9Sg

“you future” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9kgHbxjGrU


Feb. 11  Brussels, BE - Magazine 4

The duality of "man" is a subject that has been explored in art for centuries, from writings of the Bible to Descartes, all the way up to filmmakers like Lynch, Cronenberg, and Carpenter. Who is your "true self" and what do they want?
With their sixth studio album Wish Defense (incoming Feburary 7, 2025 on Trouble In Mind Records), Chicago trio FACS take a good, long look in the mirror to face themselves.  FACS' Brian Case notes that the album's lyrical content revolves around doppelgängers or "doubles", tackling the idea of facing yourself and observing your ideas and motivations.

Look no further than the album's title track- which premieres today: "Enter the mirror / Double walker / An intimate / Wish defense / Is it real? / You beside me / The detail / Terrifying / Abject self / Your grief / A public / Performance." Case lays out the entire album's theme in one stanza; Are your actions and emotions your true self? Or are they a performative aspect of that "other" person you put forward? Case says that ultimately the sentiment is "…don't let the bastards get you down, there's something beyond this moment, like hope-  but not in the naive belief that ultimately people are good."

The return of FACS original member Jonathan Van Herik- who stepped away from the group just before their debut album Negative Houses was released, and replacing longtime bassist Alianna Kalaba- brings renewed vigor and a marked angularity from the band's more recent output. The songs still hit hard, but the approach is sideways; the roles have changed since Van Herik's original tenure and his previous time with Case and powerhouse drummer Noah Leger in Disappears; now on bass, Van Herik was originally the group's guitar player and features on the debut, while current guitarist Brian Case played bass. This role reversal has helped the band's dynamic, offering up a different musical perspective than before, now revisiting the trio's long-going collaboration with some distance and time.
A final note: Wish Defense is the last album engineered by Steve Albini. Two days were recorded at Electrical Audio in early May of 2024 before Steve's untimely passing, with renowned engineer and friend Sanford Parker stepping in to finish the session 24 hours later, tracking the last bits of vocals and overdubs. Longtime collaborator John Congleton mixed the album as Albini would have, in Electrical Audio's A room, off the tape, using Albini's notes about the session.
Wish Defense will be released on February 7, 2025 on compact disc, cassette, black vinyl and a limited white vinyl variant while supplies last [pre-order].  See FACS on tour in Europe throughout February, and look for more news to surface soon.

Wish Defense, track list:
Talking Haunted

Ordinary Voices

Wish Defense

A Room

Desire Path

Sometimes Only

You Future

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