Blank-Wave Arcade

by The Faint

Blank-Wave Arcade cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 November 1999
  • Label: Saddle Creek
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 25:39
  • Community rating: 3.09/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Jacob Thiele, Todd Baechle, Clark Baechle, Joel Petersen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Discarding their earlier indie rock sound, the Omaha-based band drastically reinvented themselves on 'Blank-Wave Arcade' by heavily adopting vintage analog synthesizers[cite: 1]. The remarkably brief, chaotic album served as a crucial precursor to the early-2000s dance-punk revival, aggressively fusing manic, highly sexualized synth-punk energy with rigid, dancefloor-ready electronic rhythms[cite: 1].

Genres

Descriptors: Dance, rhythmic, hedonism, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Sex Is Personal (03:37)
  2. Call Call (02:26)
  3. Worked Up So Sexual (02:40)
  4. Cars Pass In Cold Blood (02:40)
  5. Casual Sex (03:15)
  6. Victim Convenience (02:55)
  7. Sealed Human (03:06)
  8. In Concert (02:19)
  9. The Passives (02:41)

Credits

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