Void Moments

Chicago trio FACS have evolved very quickly in the span of their three years in existence. 'Void Moments' is their third & latest offering; a dark & claustrophobic album with rivulets of seismic beauty peeking through the din. Formed in the wake of the dissolution of Disappears, guitarist Brian Case & drummer Noah Leger's project is the logical continuation of the trails blazed in their former outfit. Since their 2017 debut 'Negative Houses', the band have reworked, retooled & reshaped their sound, and with the addition of bassist Alianna Kalaba on 2018's 'Lifelike', their evolution has coalesced into something distinct. Gone is the bone-rattling minimalism of 'Negative Houses'; 'Void Moments' offers an abstraction of the melodic elements that crept into 'Lifelike' and contorts them toward a new horizon. Where 'Lifelike' rang with a metallic, near-industrial racket, 'Void Moments' cloaks the music behind a black velvet curtain of sonance, obsfuscating the band's most direct set of songs to date. 'Boy' kicks off with a lurch of vocals and Case's sinewy guitar-line guiding a stoic march. By the time Kalaba drops in with the bass, the track morphs into a milky swirl, leading into the chiming swirl of 'Teenage Hive's buzzing churn. 'Casual Indifference' expertly fuses the band's rhythmic pulse with a somber dissolve of guitars, vocals and backwards-masked drums. 'Version' closes out side one with lush surges of Case's shoegaze'd guitar & voice weaving around the rhythm section.

Tracks

1~1~Boy
1~2~Teenage Hive
1~3~Casual Indifference
1~4~Version
1~5~Void Walker
1~6~Lifelike
1~7~Dub Over

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Facs
Release Date: 27 March 2020
Genre: Alternative
Label: TROUBLE IN MIND
Distributor: Rocket Group