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The Faint: Doom Abuse Tour
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The Faint Setlist
Reptar Setlist
Tour Dates
05/30 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune
05/31 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater 06/01 - San Francisco, CA @ Independent 06/05 - Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory 06/06 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy Theatre 06/11 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot 06/12 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre 06/13 - Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium Read More
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“You know you risk my brain f**k again…”
Todd Fink, singer of The Faint told the crowd mid-set after a rare misstep of forgetting some lyrics. But as the crowd howled in protest, the band re-booted the song and carried on with its infectiously brooding and danceable electro-indie rock, earlier this week at The Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis.
Due to set times being incorrect on the venue’s website, we only caught the end of electronic oddity, Darren Keen, an Omaha native who also sometimes tours under the guise of The Show is the Rainbow. Set up on the floor in front of the main stage in near-darkness and sans shirt and shoes, Keen weaved an eclectic mix of electronica, ambient rock and hip-hop, that mostly served as a soundtrack for people’s conversations, or for them to stand back to take in Keen’s unique soundscapes.
Reptar, an Athens, GA-based five-piece got their 45 min. set started with a generous helping of new songs from a yet-untitled forthcoming album, as well as selections from its six-year back catalogue, including 2012’s Body Faucet (Vagrant Records).
The band kind of employs an everything-including-the-kitchen-sink sound that has a blend of alternative, emo rock, tribal/reggae and more, and features the wails of singer Graham Ulicny, who seems to stick his tongue out a lot while singing (a la Michael Jordan?).
The group (playfully named after a Rugrats character) seems to have a loyal core following (mostly frat boy looking) who even brought custom silk-screened posters to hold up, in hopes of further inciting the rest of the crowd. New single ‘Daily Season’ warmly started things, with older song, ‘Rainbounce’ probably getting the most response from the faithful up front, who pogo’d in place to the band which features duel percussionists.
Amidst intro music that sounded like Darth Vader breathing over air raid sirens, monochromatic Vari-Lites flashing, five LED background panels cued, and dry ice smoke filling the stage area, indie dance-punk/synth band The Faint stormed on for a 90 min. performance that warmed the small club with little ventilation, to near sweltering temperatures.
The Omaha, NE four-piece (which even counts Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst as an early member) recently released its first studio album in six years, Doom Abuse (Sqe Music), which signals a return to more of a post-punk influence showing through the wall of retro-synth keyboards.
New song ‘Animal Needs’ started their set with dark and raw energy, and the crowd responded immediately, moving as singer Fink peeked through the dry ice haze and bobbed along with guitarist Michael “Dapose” Dappan, who shook his sweaty hair to and fro so persistently, that his actual face was rarely seen.
Electro-bass throbbed and rumbled all night from keyboardist Jacob Thiele’s consoles, with the band rarely stopping much between songs or talking to the crowd; somewhat rushed, but also keeping important momentum going. Fink looked more than casual, dressed in a loose t-shirt and floppy scarecrow hat, but rarely kept still on the small Fine Line stage, darting in and out of the fog, and in between the colored spotlights.
Anything from their notable 2001 album, Danse Macabre, including ‘Your Retro Career Melted’ and ‘Let the Poison Spill From Your Throat’ was immediately recognized by most in the crowd, who would respond in kind; while newer tracks like ‘Mental Radio’ and ‘Evil Voices’ brought forward more of a basic guitar/bass/drum dynamic that lent itself well to the live versions.
“I’ll take the blame for that one… I feel like we should just move on”, Fink said after dropkicking some lyrics on ‘Dropkick the Punks’, but quickly decided to give the people what they wanted, and re-started the song again perfectly. The main set ended with an exclamation as ‘Worked Up So Sexual’ accomplished its mission of frothing up the mostly younger crowd into a sweaty mess on the floor, as those in the balcony looked on.
The bleak lyrics of new ‘Lesson from the Darkness’ (“Have you seen the silent tyrant? Swollen underneath his skull”) started the three-song encore, which belied its peppy Goth synth beat, while ‘Paranoiattack’ from 2004’s Wet from Birth simply invited pure movement.
Show closer, ‘Glass Danse’ was the culmination of building a near rave-like atmosphere the band and crowd had been working toward for the previous hour and a half; and despite the ominous overtones, doom and gloom dancing never felt so bright to the capacity crowd.
Todd Fink, singer of The Faint told the crowd mid-set after a rare misstep of forgetting some lyrics. But as the crowd howled in protest, the band re-booted the song and carried on with its infectiously brooding and danceable electro-indie rock, earlier this week at The Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis.
Due to set times being incorrect on the venue’s website, we only caught the end of electronic oddity, Darren Keen, an Omaha native who also sometimes tours under the guise of The Show is the Rainbow. Set up on the floor in front of the main stage in near-darkness and sans shirt and shoes, Keen weaved an eclectic mix of electronica, ambient rock and hip-hop, that mostly served as a soundtrack for people’s conversations, or for them to stand back to take in Keen’s unique soundscapes.
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Reptar Setlist
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The band kind of employs an everything-including-the-kitchen-sink sound that has a blend of alternative, emo rock, tribal/reggae and more, and features the wails of singer Graham Ulicny, who seems to stick his tongue out a lot while singing (a la Michael Jordan?).
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Reptar
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Amidst intro music that sounded like Darth Vader breathing over air raid sirens, monochromatic Vari-Lites flashing, five LED background panels cued, and dry ice smoke filling the stage area, indie dance-punk/synth band The Faint stormed on for a 90 min. performance that warmed the small club with little ventilation, to near sweltering temperatures.
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The Faint
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New song ‘Animal Needs’ started their set with dark and raw energy, and the crowd responded immediately, moving as singer Fink peeked through the dry ice haze and bobbed along with guitarist Michael “Dapose” Dappan, who shook his sweaty hair to and fro so persistently, that his actual face was rarely seen.
Electro-bass throbbed and rumbled all night from keyboardist Jacob Thiele’s consoles, with the band rarely stopping much between songs or talking to the crowd; somewhat rushed, but also keeping important momentum going. Fink looked more than casual, dressed in a loose t-shirt and floppy scarecrow hat, but rarely kept still on the small Fine Line stage, darting in and out of the fog, and in between the colored spotlights.
Anything from their notable 2001 album, Danse Macabre, including ‘Your Retro Career Melted’ and ‘Let the Poison Spill From Your Throat’ was immediately recognized by most in the crowd, who would respond in kind; while newer tracks like ‘Mental Radio’ and ‘Evil Voices’ brought forward more of a basic guitar/bass/drum dynamic that lent itself well to the live versions.
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The Faint Setlist
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The bleak lyrics of new ‘Lesson from the Darkness’ (“Have you seen the silent tyrant? Swollen underneath his skull”) started the three-song encore, which belied its peppy Goth synth beat, while ‘Paranoiattack’ from 2004’s Wet from Birth simply invited pure movement.
Show closer, ‘Glass Danse’ was the culmination of building a near rave-like atmosphere the band and crowd had been working toward for the previous hour and a half; and despite the ominous overtones, doom and gloom dancing never felt so bright to the capacity crowd.
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The Faint at Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis (24 May 2014) |
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