Omaha New Wave outfit The Faint will release their first album in six years, Doom Abuse, on April 8th via SQE Music. Serving as the follow-up to 2008’s Fasciinatiion, the 12-track effort recorded in the band’s hometown studio/rehearsal space and mixed by local boy Mike Mogis (Monsters of Folk, Conor Oberst).
Our first taste of the album comes via the opening track “Help in the Head”, a feedback-laden dance-punk anthem that’s as utterly infectious as it is frightening and abrasive. Watch its equally jarring music video below, directed by Tim Nackashi, which vividly portrays the unforeseen downside of laser pointers.
Doom Abuse Tracklist:
01. Help in the Head
02. Mental Radio
03. Evil Voices
04. Salt My Doom
05. Animal Needs
06. Loss of Head
07. Dress Code
08. Scapegoat
09. Your Stranger
10. Lesson from the Darkness
11. Unseen Hand
12. Damage Control
In support, the band’s announced a US tour spanning late April through mid-June. Consult the full schedule below. Also, join us as we fondly look back fondly on 2004’s under-appreciated Wet From Birth.
The Faint 2014 Tour Dates:
04/24 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
04/25 – Madison, WI @ Barrymore Theatre
04/26 – St. Louis, MO @ The Ready Room
04/27 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
04/30 – Tulsa, OK @ The Vanguard
05/01 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
05/02 – Austin, TX @ The Belmont
05/03 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live – Ballroom
05/06 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ The Culture Room
05/07 – Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
05/09 – Jacksonville Beach, FL @ Freebird Live
05/10 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade – Heaven
05/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero Theatre
05/14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Willamsburg
05/16 – Boston, MA @ Royale NightClub
05/17 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
05/19 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
05/20 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
05/22 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
05/23 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
05/24 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Café
05/27 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
05/28 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
05/30 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune
05/31 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
06/01 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
06/05 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
06/06 – West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
06/11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
06/12 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
06/13 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
06/14 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
