The View from this Tower

The View from this Tower
Studio album by Faraquet
Released 2000
Recorded February 2000
Genre Post-hardcore[1], Math rock
Length 36:57
Label Dischord

The View from this Tower is the only full-length album by the band Faraquet. Released on Dischord Records in 2000 (Dischord 122), it was their fourth, and last, recorded work.The album is also known for its instrumental fan favourite "The Missing Piece".

Reception

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Allmusic [1]

The Washington Post, in reviewing the album, said, "the band has no interest in comfortable or communal moments. Its stand-offishness, however, is frequently bracing."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Cut Self Not" [1]
  2. "Carefully Planned"
  3. "The Fourth Introduction"
  4. "Song for Friends to Me"
  5. "Conceptual Separation Of Self" (Cello performed by Amy Domingues)
  6. "Study in Complacency"
  7. "Sea Song"
  8. "The View from this Tower"
  9. "The Missing Piece"

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-view-from-this-tower-r508658
  2. ^ Jenkins, Mark (2001-01-05). "The hardcore-punk style patented two decades ago", The Washington Post, p. T14.