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The duality of man is a subject that has been explored in art for centuries, from writings of the Bible to Descartes, all the way up to filmmakers like Lynch, Cronenberg, and Carpenter. Who is your true self and what do they want? With their sixth studio album Wish Defense (again for longtime home Trouble In Mind Records), Chicago trio FACS take a good, long look in the mirror to face themselves. The return of original member Jonathan Van Herik – who stepped away from the group just before their debut album Negative Houses was released in 2018 – replacing longtime bassist Alianna Kalaba brings renewed vigor and a marked angularity from the bands more recent output. The songs still hit hard, but the approach is sideways – the roles have changed since Van Heriks original tenure and his previous time with Case and powerhouse drummer Noah Leger in Disappears; now on bass, Van Herik was originally the groups guitar player and features on the debut, while current guitarist Brian Case played bass. This role reversal has helped the bands dynamic, offering up a different musical perspective than before, now revisiting the trios long-going collaboration with some distance and time. Wish Defense is the last album engineered by Steve Albini. Two days were recorded at Electrical Audio in early May of 2024 before Steves untimely passing, with renowned engineer and friend Sanford Parker stepping in to finish the session 24 hours later, tracking the last bits of vocals and overdubs. Longtime collaborator John Congleton mixed the album as Albini would have; in Electrical Audios A room, off the tape, using Albinis notes about the session. For fans of Unwound, MBV, The Jesus Lizard, SUUNS, Preoccupations, METZ, Les Rallizes Denudes, The Dead C, Echo and The Bunnymen, Liars, This Heat, PIL.
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