FACS share 'Constellation' from new album Still Life in Decay, out today on Trouble in Mind Records

FACS

Share new single "Constellation"

Taken from Still Life In Decay
Due 7th April via Trouble In Mind Records

Chicago trio FACS have been perfecting their brand of intense, cathartic post-punk over the course of four ever-evolving albums.  Beginning with 2018’s Negative Houses thru 2021’s landmark Present Tense, the trio digs deep into the gaping maw of a black hole and pulls back whatever debris they can grasp onto. Their newest LP Still Life In Decay, which arrives April 7th, comes as an addendum to their last album— a “post-event review,” if you will.

The album's opening track, "Constellation" kicks things off with a squall of white noise before collapsing into the songs lumbering groove.  Guitarist Brian Case's guitar bares a ghostly presence, appearing and disappearing in washes of gauzy feedback throughout the track.

FACS - Constellation
https://youtu.be/YOVlC2lbTSE

While FACS are a heavy band, they don’t necessarily feel like one— Case’s fluttering, melodic guitar lines are buoyed by the insistent, underlying pulse of an expert rhythm section. Bassist Alianna Kalaba, who stepped in for founding member Jonathan Van Herik in 2018, makes her amicable last stand here with the group. Alongside drummer Noah Leger, they dance and twist around each other like a double helix, forming the DNA of what makes FACS so special. Collectively they approach rhythm from outside the groove as opposed to inside it, creating a lattice where Case weaves guitar lines like creeping vines, making the moments on Still Life In Decay where the band locks in even more powerful. 

FACS have never been more solidified as a unit, and Still Life In Decay is a decidedly focused effort. The apocalyptic chaos that defined their previous album is waved away in favor of an examination of events with cumbrous clarity.  Recorded by Sanford Parker at Chicago's esteemed Electrical Audio, Still Life In Decay will be available 7th April 2023 from Trouble In Mind Records.

Preorder:
https://wearefacs.bandcamp.com/album/still-life-in-decay


Tracklisting:
1. Constellation
2. When You Say
3. Slogan
4. Class Spectre
5. Still Life
6. New Flag


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