Media

by The Faint

Media cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 March 1998
  • Label: Saddle Creek Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:51
  • Community rating: 2.71/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut album by Omaha band The Faint, 'Media' is post-hardcore and indie rock rather than the synth music the band later adopted. Its anxious, lo-fi songs pair dissonant guitars with melancholic, nocturnal lyrics.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, lo-fi, fast, melodic, political

Tracklist

  1. Syntax Lies (3:39)
  2. Some Incriminating Photographs (3:08)
  3. As The Doctor Talks (3:16)
  4. Tandem: City To City (2:13)
  5. Repertoire Of Uncommon Depth (3:42)
  6. Typing: 1974-2048 (2:00)
  7. Lullaby For The... (0:54)
  8. Acting; On-Campus Television (2:34)
  9. ⇄ (Getting / Giving The Lock) (2:49)
  10. Amorous In Bauhaus Fashion (3:01)
  11. There's Something Not As Valid When The Scenery Is A Postcard (2:33)
  12. An Allusion Passes Through The Bar (6:57)
  13. Defy The Ailments (2:05)

Credits

  • Matt Bowen - bass, voice
  • Todd Baechle - guitar, voice

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