Faith No More To Release New Album After 18 Years

Ah yes, but you guys get Autechre more than once every 16 years :P

So this leaked, but only in a low quality format (like, sub-128kbps). I listened to the first 30 seconds of the first track and decided it's probably better to wait until it's actually released

Still pretty impressive how it leaked an entire month before release.

They've debuted a few new tracks at gigs recently, but the audio quality on the YouTube clips aren't that great so I think I'm just gonna wait it out too.

I'm a bit surprised that Motherfucker isn't the opening track actually. Maybe I'll change my mp3 playlist to make it so :P

Vancouver Show setlist for those heading to a show stop this tour

Shiiiit I would have went to that had I known they were playing Van. All excellent setlist choices (new material aside which I am unfamiliar with).

The London gigs went so quickly only for hundreds to then appear on Stubhub.

  On 4/22/2015 at 10:21 AM, tec said:

The London gigs went so quickly only for hundreds to then appear on Stubhub.

Yeah I was trying to organise this, my mate was on holiday with his bird, and the tickets were flying off the shelf. By the time he got back to me it was game over. Gutted.

  On 4/21/2015 at 7:04 PM, olo said:

 

Vancouver Show setlist for those heading to a show stop this tour

 

Motherfucker

Land of Sunshine

Caffeine

Ricochet

Evidence

Epic

Sunny Side Up (live debut)

Get Out

Midlife Crisis

Last Cup of Sorrow

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

Easy

Cuckoo for Caca

King for a Day

Ashes to Ashes

Superhero

Encore I

Sol Invictus (live debut)

We Care a Lot

Digging the Grave

Encore II

From the Dead (live debut)

 

Very similar to the Seattle set list last Thursday, though we didn't get "We Care a Lot" unfortunately. They played "Mark Bowen" (from the same album) in the encore because apparently he was in the audience (former guitarist?). No second encore for us, but it was a great crowd and show overall. I was a bit disappointed not to hear more material from The Real Thing - I think we all could have done without "Epic", as it's basically the only song most people even know, and the crowd is obviously filled with hardcore fans. But it was still fun to hear. I was REALLY hoping to hear "Surprise! You're Dead!" or "Zombie Eaters" though. Hell, anything more from that album that was really neglected in the set list.

Live Stream of Detroit show May 8th for those interested

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/faith-no-mores-detroit-concert-to-be-streamed-on-yahoo/

Stream of full album on NPR

http://www.npr.org/2015/05/10/404672919/first-listen-faith-no-more-sol-invictus#playlist

Gotta say, I wasn't expecting much & pleasantly surprised. Pretty cohesive album.

First listen standouts for myself: sunny side up, separation anxiety, matador, from the dead

Listening now. God damn, the first track is so good

  On 3/3/2015 at 12:56 PM, valleyinaire said:

 

  On 3/3/2015 at 5:36 AM, modey said:

 

  On 3/3/2015 at 2:08 AM, valleyinaire said:

Ah, you caught 'em? Nice! I'm hoping they announce a UK tour soon. I wanna be able to see them without having to go to some festival with a 100:1 shit-to-good band ratio.

 

Also, the image used to accompany that Superhero video has been confirmed to be the final Sol Invictus artwork.

Yeah, I saw them at a festival, but there were other good bands playing (and they played a 1.5 hour set) so I didn't mind!

 

 

Yeah, you guys are lucky when it comes to festival line-ups. If you saw what us Brits have to put up with every year, you'd feel our pain.

 

lol no, we're usually strapped for good international gigs. UK/Europe being the current motherland of electronic music, there is no way you could possibly say Australia has festivals better than you guys.

Awww

So I've listened twice now, and it's already a classic for me. Nearly every song is a standout. it sounds like scarcely a year has gone by since Album of the Year, and Mike Patton's voice is stronger than ever. No surprises whatsoever, but I'm not complaining. This is right up there with their best work.

Looking forward to blasting this a bit later (with a few cold glasses of cider)

Beginning to kick myself for not getting tickets for a London show. I was sat there with tickets available to buy and ready to click. What a muppet. I know as time gets nearer I'll probably shell out for one for a hundred quid. Jeez.

Anyone here going to the Roundhouse gig? If I get a ticket I'll be going solo.

Sadly not, I was too skint when they were being sold. Saw them in Hammersmith a few years back and done a lot of drugs so it would have been nice to see them relatively straight this time.

  On 5/16/2015 at 9:03 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Awww

 

 

So I've listened twice now, and it's already a classic for me. Nearly every song is a standout. it sounds like scarcely a year has gone by since Album of the Year, and Mike Patton's voice is stronger than ever. No surprises whatsoever, but I'm not complaining. This is right up there with their best work.

Yeah, I've only listened once but I'm into it. Might have to grab the vinyl version tomorrow. I'm not sure why anyone was in doubt, really.. I mean it's fkn FNM!

This Lp throws me back in the 90s, and it feels good !

FnM recently performed live on The Tonight Show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojBHYqiJlko

Sorry for the non-HD version; it was unfortunately the best quality one I could find on YouTube...

Finally listened to this on Spotify, and it left a damn good first impression. I can definitely see myself falling in love with this album after repeated listens.

  On 5/20/2015 at 1:16 AM, valleyinaire said:

 

 

Still wish they used Motherfucker as the intro track though...

That song would make sense as an opener, possibly more so than the one they went with.

This album is so so good. Angel Dust is pretty hard to top, but damned if this doesn't come close.

I thought it was complete shit.