Friday, July 4, 2025

FACS at Cactus Club in Milwaukee on June 14, 2025

FACS started in 2017 following the dissolution of Chicago art-punk band Disappears. Since then they have released six studio albums and one single as part of the Sub Pop Singles Club, plus several live releases.  

Defining a band's sound using familiar touchstones is a dubious practice at best, and almost comical when applied to FACS. They've been described as dreamy krautrock shoegaze, experimental post-punk, psychedelic post-rock, and so forth. They write strong songs with stunning arrangements and perform them with an honest intensity. "When You Say" was one of my favorite songs last year, with its catchy chorus, insistent rhythms and weird buzzy low frequency drone.

A special bonus at this show was a brief poetry performance by Chicagoan Thax Douglas.

Buy their most recent album here.

Recording information:

FACS
2025-06-14
Milwaukee, WI
Cactus Club

Brian Case: guitar, vocals, and keyboards
Jonathan Van Herik: bass
Noah Leger: drums

Setlist:
01 Two Poems by Thax Douglas (1:22)
02 When You Say (5:54)
03 A Room (3:05)
04 North American Endless (3:49)
05 Voices (5:15)
06 Wish Defense (4:03)
07 Strawberry Cough (5:26)
08 Desire Path (2:16)
09 Take Me to Your Heart (5:52)
10 You Future (3:59)
11 Sometimes Only (6:14)

Total time = 47:16

Microphones: Line Audio CM3 in NOS
Additional source: SBD feed from Alex
Recorder: Sound Devices MixPre6ii at 32/96
Software: Audacity, Fission, xAct



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