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The Faint: 25 years of Blank Wave Arcade (Todd Fink Interview)

Boing Boing
Oct 30, 2024
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Photo Courtesy of T. Fink

The Faint arrived at a wonky time in synth history: too late to be considered Devo, but too early for the tidal wave of Hot Chips and LCD Soundsystems. They were just doing their own thing, making black jeans sweaty in every town that they played.

They started out as an emo guitar band: there were lilting vocals and jagged Brit-p…

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