Midnight Faces — The Fire Is Gone (2014) |
Midnight Faces — The Fire Is Gone
Location: Los Angeles, California
Album release: May 13, 2014
Record Label: Broken Factory
Duration: 35:23
Tracks:
1. Wake Me 3:58
2. Over Again 4:27
3. Shadows 4:56
4. Hold Tight 5:04
5. This Time 3:53
6. Give It Up 3:40
7. Animal 4:44
8. The Fire Is Gone 4:41
Personnel:
∏ Matthew Warn
∏ Phil Stancil
∏ The Fire Is Gone is the second album by Los Angeles–based duo Midnight Faces, comprised of vocalist Philip Stancil and composer Matthew Doty of Saxon Shore, the pioneering instrumental post–rock band founded by Doty and Josh Tillman aka Father John Misty.
∏ To better understand what The Fire Is Gone is, please understand what it isn’t: No fancy producers, no big name special guests, no one wearing robot costumes, no all–analog studio, and no songs recorded live to tape. “We made this album by ourselves and for ourselves,” Doty says. “We made it in my apartment on a computer one track at a time. If you dig the tunes, cool. If you don’t, that’s cool, too.” Fair enough, but there’s a damn good chance you’ll be landing in the camp of the former.
Bandcamp: http://midnightfaces.bandcamp.com/album/the-fire-is-gone
WRITTEN BY Kyle McGovern March 27 2014, 11:00 AM ET
∏ Midnight Faces unites vocalist Philip Stancil with composer Matthew Doty, who, along with Josh Tillman, a.k.a. Father John Misty, co–founded the post–rock outfit Saxon Shore in the early 2000s. But for Midnight Faces, Doty stays focused on crisp, synth–lined pop drama, as heard on the project’s 2013 debut album, Fornication. On May 13, the Los Angeles–based duo will return with The Fire is Gone, a sophomore effort that’s due out via Broken Factory. But first comes lead single “Over Again”, a darkly shaded track that merges a post–punky bass line with snapping percussion, twinkling sonics, and an ascendant chorus. (http://www.spin.com/)
By Dan Harr, Posted on April 4, 2014
∏ Scheduled for release on May 13th, the album is the follow–up to 2013’s debut Midnight Faces release Fornication, which despite Doty’s astute reminder that “‘Indie’ and ‘80’s’ are not genres,” reminded folks fondly enough of those sounds to draw the attention of MTV Buzzworthy and MTV Hive along with popular and influential music discovery websites such as Under The Radar, My Old Kentucky Blog, Earmilk, and Baeblemusic among others.
∏ Doty elaborates by explaining, “We made this album by ourselves and for ourselves. We made it in my apartment on a computer one track at a time. If you dig the tunes, cool. If you don’t, that’s cool, too.” Fair enough, but there’s a damn good chance you’ll be landing in the camp of the former.
∏ Still, Doty asserts, “Just what L.A. needs — another fucking 80’s new wave band, right?” Well, no. But when the songs are as good as what Midnight Faces is cranking out, perhaps the listener should be the ultimate judge of that? In fact, The Fire Is Gone is an even more evolved take on the sound that Doty and Stancil already had pretty damn near perfect. (http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/)
Website: http://www.midnightfaces.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/midnightfaces1
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Midnightfacesmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/midnightfaces
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Midnight Faces — The Fire Is Gone (2014) |
Midnight Faces — The Fire Is Gone
Location: Los Angeles, California
Album release: May 13, 2014
Record Label: Broken Factory
Duration: 35:23
Tracks:
1. Wake Me 3:58
2. Over Again 4:27
3. Shadows 4:56
4. Hold Tight 5:04
5. This Time 3:53
6. Give It Up 3:40
7. Animal 4:44
8. The Fire Is Gone 4:41
Personnel:
∏ Matthew Warn
∏ Phil Stancil
∏ The Fire Is Gone is the second album by Los Angeles–based duo Midnight Faces, comprised of vocalist Philip Stancil and composer Matthew Doty of Saxon Shore, the pioneering instrumental post–rock band founded by Doty and Josh Tillman aka Father John Misty.
∏ To better understand what The Fire Is Gone is, please understand what it isn’t: No fancy producers, no big name special guests, no one wearing robot costumes, no all–analog studio, and no songs recorded live to tape. “We made this album by ourselves and for ourselves,” Doty says. “We made it in my apartment on a computer one track at a time. If you dig the tunes, cool. If you don’t, that’s cool, too.” Fair enough, but there’s a damn good chance you’ll be landing in the camp of the former.
Bandcamp: http://midnightfaces.bandcamp.com/album/the-fire-is-gone
WRITTEN BY Kyle McGovern March 27 2014, 11:00 AM ET
∏ Midnight Faces unites vocalist Philip Stancil with composer Matthew Doty, who, along with Josh Tillman, a.k.a. Father John Misty, co–founded the post–rock outfit Saxon Shore in the early 2000s. But for Midnight Faces, Doty stays focused on crisp, synth–lined pop drama, as heard on the project’s 2013 debut album, Fornication. On May 13, the Los Angeles–based duo will return with The Fire is Gone, a sophomore effort that’s due out via Broken Factory. But first comes lead single “Over Again”, a darkly shaded track that merges a post–punky bass line with snapping percussion, twinkling sonics, and an ascendant chorus. (http://www.spin.com/)
By Dan Harr, Posted on April 4, 2014
∏ Scheduled for release on May 13th, the album is the follow–up to 2013’s debut Midnight Faces release Fornication, which despite Doty’s astute reminder that “‘Indie’ and ‘80’s’ are not genres,” reminded folks fondly enough of those sounds to draw the attention of MTV Buzzworthy and MTV Hive along with popular and influential music discovery websites such as Under The Radar, My Old Kentucky Blog, Earmilk, and Baeblemusic among others.
∏ Doty elaborates by explaining, “We made this album by ourselves and for ourselves. We made it in my apartment on a computer one track at a time. If you dig the tunes, cool. If you don’t, that’s cool, too.” Fair enough, but there’s a damn good chance you’ll be landing in the camp of the former.
∏ Still, Doty asserts, “Just what L.A. needs — another fucking 80’s new wave band, right?” Well, no. But when the songs are as good as what Midnight Faces is cranking out, perhaps the listener should be the ultimate judge of that? In fact, The Fire Is Gone is an even more evolved take on the sound that Doty and Stancil already had pretty damn near perfect. (http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/)
Website: http://www.midnightfaces.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/midnightfaces1
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Midnightfacesmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/midnightfaces
Press: US: // Radio:
Agent:
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