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 chime 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. Side two's "Void Walker" careens in with Leger's cavernous drums, Kalaba and Case riding alongside. The album's final two tracks "Lifelike" and "Dub Over" cascade into one another, becoming one & act as a perfect analogy to "Void Moments" mutability, both musically & lyrically. Despite its foggy presence, "Void Moments" still careens toward the light. By embracing fluidity, FACS continue to evolve & refuse to be ensnared by genre. "Void Moments" ruminates on humanity's increasing refusal of identity, not only via our reliance on technology, but also within our society's challenging of societal & gender norms. "Void Moments" feels one step closer to oblivion, but its sounds are a welcome salve. 

A noisy bedroom solo project mutated into a two guitars, bass & drums live affair, blasting out songs inspired by music from an era when wild and unpolished sounds ruled our freak scene and indie was still punk.

Belgian cinematic indie rock band revolving around two basses. Fragile universe oscillating between outrageous intimacy and contained explosion. Permeated by Dead Man Ray, Tortoise,
Do Make Say Think, Karate, Motorpsycho & peers. Proudly hosted by Honest House.With its second album 'Dis-location', recorded, mixed, mastered and produced by Peter Deimel at Studio Black Box (F) between May and July 2024, the band has taken significant steps forward that blend a return to sound straight from the amps with an increased emphasis on electronic elements in the composition process. The six new tracks explore themes of life, society, and human relationships, and include a trilogy inspired by the flooding in the Vesdre valley. ‘Dis-location’ : an album title which is, as such, a political statement statement about the state of the world. Cover drawing by street artist Jaba: will you pick one of the 121 fragments for your collection of vinyls ?