Facility Men is a punk band from Buffalo, New York, featuring members of White Whale, Plates and probably other bands, which has been around since 2013. The guitarist is also running Hi Lo Recording which has put out many great punk releases from the Buffalo area in the early 2010s.
I was totally blown away the first time I listened to their songs, 6 years ago... blown away by this unique mix of post-hardcore and just-melodic-enough punk rock...
and I still am!
The band first release is a three-song demo tape out on Subject, early 2014.
It was soon followed by the 4-song Futility Men cassette, also released on Subject mid-2014.
All this early materials were finally compiled on one cassette in 2015 on Black Dots Records (with Morning Business as a bonus song).
picture by Derek Neuland
Something from the DC post-hardcore scene (Fugazi of course) with some great songwriting and a beautiful dose of punk rock (Defect Defect ?)... The closest band I can think of is Pregnant (Wanna See My Gun era)...
Yes they are the Facility Men first two releases and they're masterpieces...
With another tape in 2015 on More Power Tapes, the band shows that it can be really productive while keeping the same quality.
Five new songs with the same recipe, maybe a bit slower this time (Welcome Home), a bit darker as well (Negative Air)?
Another great release.
Finally, after almost 6 years, 2019 sees the first Facility Men vinyl release, and a LP on Big Neck Records s'il vous plait!
It's Fun To Disappear, it's 12 songs including Top Gift, Morning Business, Down in The Valley which were on the 2015 cassette. So 9 new songs which could have been on their previous records, same spirit, same vibe and energy... perfect!
From slow melancholic complains to faster stomping angry shouts, the whole album is a beautiful mix of diversity and ingeniosity... and it doesn't get boring for a sec!
Yes it sounds like it's the last Fugazi album review...
Their sound is still pretty hard to describe, the bass could definitly be post punk, the voice could be post hardcore but also 90s alt rock/melodic hardcore sometimes and the guitar is exactly between all that... But who cares, let's just sit down, relax and enjoy...
And as Big Neck Records writes it:
"Facility Men enjoy Wire, Negative Approach, Christian Death, John Cale, Blitz, the Wipers, Rudimentary Peni, Frank Ocean, the Replacements, Van Halen, and Hank Wood just to name a few. With that being said, please don’t expect any genre exercises or worship from these haggard fucks. Our modern Facility Men have no time for nostalgia or gratuitous nods to the past. The real ones lash out from necessity and It’s Fun to Disappear is hopefully only the beginning."
I was totally blown away the first time I listened to their songs, 6 years ago... blown away by this unique mix of post-hardcore and just-melodic-enough punk rock...
and I still am!
The band first release is a three-song demo tape out on Subject, early 2014.
It was soon followed by the 4-song Futility Men cassette, also released on Subject mid-2014.
All this early materials were finally compiled on one cassette in 2015 on Black Dots Records (with Morning Business as a bonus song).
Something from the DC post-hardcore scene (Fugazi of course) with some great songwriting and a beautiful dose of punk rock (Defect Defect ?)... The closest band I can think of is Pregnant (Wanna See My Gun era)...
Yes they are the Facility Men first two releases and they're masterpieces...
With another tape in 2015 on More Power Tapes, the band shows that it can be really productive while keeping the same quality.
Five new songs with the same recipe, maybe a bit slower this time (Welcome Home), a bit darker as well (Negative Air)?
Another great release.
Finally, after almost 6 years, 2019 sees the first Facility Men vinyl release, and a LP on Big Neck Records s'il vous plait!
It's Fun To Disappear, it's 12 songs including Top Gift, Morning Business, Down in The Valley which were on the 2015 cassette. So 9 new songs which could have been on their previous records, same spirit, same vibe and energy... perfect!
From slow melancholic complains to faster stomping angry shouts, the whole album is a beautiful mix of diversity and ingeniosity... and it doesn't get boring for a sec!
Yes it sounds like it's the last Fugazi album review...
Their sound is still pretty hard to describe, the bass could definitly be post punk, the voice could be post hardcore but also 90s alt rock/melodic hardcore sometimes and the guitar is exactly between all that... But who cares, let's just sit down, relax and enjoy...
And as Big Neck Records writes it:
"Facility Men enjoy Wire, Negative Approach, Christian Death, John Cale, Blitz, the Wipers, Rudimentary Peni, Frank Ocean, the Replacements, Van Halen, and Hank Wood just to name a few. With that being said, please don’t expect any genre exercises or worship from these haggard fucks. Our modern Facility Men have no time for nostalgia or gratuitous nods to the past. The real ones lash out from necessity and It’s Fun to Disappear is hopefully only the beginning."
You can listen to Facility Men on Rien à Faire #8.
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire