I SAW THE FUTURE: THE GEEKS WERE RIGHT.

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The new terribly-misspelt album from The Faint, 'Fasciinatiion', is released on their new brilliantly-named record label 'Blank.wav'. It sees the band go more towards their electronic 'Danse Macabre' style, yet still taking influence from the string-instrument-enhanced 'Wet From Birth'.

The album as a whole doesn't nearly make quite an impact as either of these albums did on my ears - but it's by no means their worst album. As far as alternative-electro music goes it's a very decent set of songs.



Album opener 'Get Seduced' includes many bleeps and beeps, with new influences, but still holding the trademark heavy bass riff and electronic melodies.
The stand out track for me is 'The Geeks Were Right', a bizarre look into the future where the popular guys are "egghead boys, with thin white legs" and have "modified features and software brains". It reminds me of a surreal Orwellian dream I had once, "Eyeballs float in wet green grass, I'm in a chainsaw choir, In dreams that bend, To let me cut through time".
The two main songs about relationships, 'Psycho' and 'I Treat You Wrong', have quite a pop structure about them and are almost sing-along, especially the former.

If you're a Faint fan you'll more than likely love this album. But if you're not familiar with them yet, hopefully this album could serve as an introduction to their impressive back catalogue.

Download The Faint - The Geeks Were Right MP3
Download The Faint - Paranoiattack MP3
The Faint Myspace

Purchase The Faint - Fasciination on Import from Amazon.co.uk

- Paul