The Faint to release CAPSULE:1999-2016 at First Avenue on 9/29

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Omaha, NE band The Faint will release a compilation of their career with “CAPSULE:1999-2016” on September 30. The day before that they are kicking of their North American Tour at First Avenue. Tickets are still available HERE.

The Omaha-based band had been kicking around for since 1995, but had a hard time hitting their stride until they released “Blank-Wave Arcade”. “We didn’t make anything we really liked until 1999,” frontman Todd Fink laughs. The Faint released some initial material that fit in with the times-reminiscent of the post-punk sounds of Fugazi and other Dischord Records bands-but wasn’t anything spectacular, lacking the distinct personality that would eventually come to define them.

It was in writing “Worked Up So Sexual,” the hit single from 1999’s Blank-Wave Arcade, that the band struck their jackpot moment. They discovered an entirely original fusion of synth sounds over a blaring rock background, one that was as catchy as it was danceable. Just like that, the Faint captured lightning in a bottle. “I felt lucky… like, blessed or something,” Fink remembers. “By the time we’d actually recorded those songs, we were like, ‘Yeah, this is where it’s at.’ We were excited to go play basement shows and little bars and halls and just bring the music that we hunted down, that felt like us.”

“CAPSULE:1999-2016” serves to bookend this remarkable 17-year period for the Omaha vets, a time which saw them as imitable pioneers of electro-punk. In addition to highlighting songs from five of The Faint’s most popular albums, CAPSULE:1999-2016 features three new songs. The recently released single, “Young & Realistic,” and two bonus unreleased songs: “Skylab1979” and “ESP,” all of which feature latest member Graham Ulicny (Reptar) on synth duties. The new songs give a glimpse of what’s to come for The Faint, as they embark on a new chapter in their long, influential career.

Tour Dates:

SEP 29 THU First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
SEP 30 FRI Metro Chicago, IL
OCT 1 SAT Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
OCT 2 SUN Danforth Music Hall Toronto, Canada
OCT 5 WED Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
OCT 6 THU Webster Hall New York, NY
OCT 7 FRI The Trocadero Theatre Philadelphia, PA
OCT 8 SAT 9:30 Club Washington, DC
OCT 10 MON Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN
OCT 11 TUE CENTER STAGE Atlanta, GA
OCT 13 THU House of Blues Houston, TX
OCT 14 FRI South Side Music Hall Dallas, TX
OCT 15 SAT Emo’s-Austin Austin, TX
OCT 17 MON Livewire Phoenix, AZ
OCT 18 TUE The Observatory North Park San Diego, CA
OCT 20 THU Mayan Theater Los Angeles, CA
OCT 21 FRI Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas, NV
OCT 22 SAT Oak Canyon Ranch Silverado, CA
OCT 23 SUN Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA
OCT 25 TUE The Showbox Seattle, WA
OCT 26 WED McMenamins Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
OCT 28 FRI In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT
OCT 29 SAT Gothic Theatre Englewood, CO
OCT 31 MON Sokol Auditorium Omaha, NE

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