The Faint - Doom Abuse

"Doom Abuse is a cathartic slap in the face from a band that sounds completely revitalized after its multi-year slumber." Filter

Things that don't make sense at first often make sense later. In the creation of art, when the process is left up to the subconscious mind, when there is no preconceived concept, patterns still always emerge. This is the case with The Faint's sixth album Doom Abuse, an unexpected but also inevitable addition to their compellingly unusual catalogue of music.

For Doom Abuse, the former trend-setters have returned with a goth-y electro-rock record, the follow-up to 2008's Fasciination '"Doom Abuse is pure synth-pop mania, frequently teetering between unadulterated Trent Reznor pop brilliance ('Unseen Hand', 'Lesson From The Darkness') and impressions of Skrillex driving a monster truck through a Savages gig in a video arcade ('Animal Needs', 'Dress Code'). Does it abuse you? Oh yeah..." — NME.com

1. Help In the Head

2. Mental Radio

3. Evil Voices

4. Salt My Doom

5. Animal Needs

6. Loss of Head

7. Dress Code

8. Scapegoat

9. Your Stranger

10. Lesson From the Darkness

11. Unseen Hand

12. Damage Control

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