Wet From Birth

by The Faint

Wet From Birth cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 September 2004
  • Label: Saddle Creek
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 34:18
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Scott French, Nate Lefeber, Orenda Fink, Maria Taylor, Mike Mogis, Kim Salistean, Donna Carnes, Tracy Sands, Clark Potter

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The fourth full-length from the Omaha pioneers significantly polished their new wave-inspired aesthetic for the burgeoning dance-punk scene. 'Wet From Birth' marries heavily distorted, driving synthesizer lines with distinctly anxious, hyper-sexualized, and politically deadpan lyrical themes.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, political, dance, Synth-heavy, satirical

Tracklist

  1. Desperate Guys (03:06)
  2. How Could I Forget? (03:17)
  3. I Disappear (04:07)
  4. Southern Belles In London Sing (03:31)
  5. Erection (02:45)
  6. Paranoiattack (04:16)
  7. Dropkick the Punks (02:28)
  8. Phone Call (04:02)
  9. Symptom Finger (03:27)
  10. Birth (03:19)

Credits

  • Nate Walcott - arranged by [strings & horns], trumpet, performer [with additional help from], additional arranger, additional trumpet
  • Tracy Sands - cello, performer [with additional help from], additional cello
  • Nate LeFeber - trombone, performer [with additional help from], additional trombone
  • Scott French - tuba, performer [with additional help from], additional tuba
  • Clark Potter - viola, performer [with additional help from], additional viola
  • Donna Carnes - violin, performer [with additional help from], additional violin
  • Kim Salistean - violin, performer [with additional help from], additional violin
  • Maria Taylor - vocals, performer [with additional help from], additional background vocals guest vocal

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