The Original Faces

by Helen

The Original Faces cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 September 2015
  • Label: Kranky
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 32:44
  • Community rating: 3.04/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A mysterious side-project prominently featuring Liz Harris (Grouper) alongside Jed Bindeman and Scott Simmons. The band takes Harris' signature hazy, reverb-drenched vocal stylings and attaches them to driving, fuzz-heavy garage-pop and shoegaze rhythms. Initially formed with the intention of being a thrash metal band, it quickly evolved into a beautiful, blown-out love letter to 1980s noise pop.

Genres

Descriptors: Lo Fi, atmospheric, lo-fi, noisy

Tracklist

  1. Ryder (3:16)
  2. Motorcycle (1:50)
  3. Covered in Shade (1:19)
  4. Felt This Way (4:00)
  5. Pass Me By (2:16)
  6. Right Outside (2:15)
  7. Allison (3:34)
  8. Dying All the Time (3:56)
  9. Grace (2:39)
  10. City Breathing (1:52)
  11. Violet (4:08)
  12. The Original Faces (1:34)

Credits

  • Helen - primary artist
  • Matthew Barnhart - lacquer cut by

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