Faunts

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Faunts
Origin Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Genres Electronic rock, space rock, post-rock, dream pop, shoegazing, new wave revival
Years active 2000–present
Labels Friendly Fire
Members Steven Batke
Paul Amusch
Tim Batke
Rob Batke
Scott Gallant
Past members Joel Hitchcock
Nathan Seatter

Faunts is an electronic rock band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

History

Faunts was formed in the fall of 2000 by brothers Steve and Tim Batke. Faunts are released on Friendly Fire Recordings. In 2005, their debut album High Expectations/Low Results was well received.[1] In 2006, a 40-minute EP entitled M4 was released that grew out of music crafted to accompany short films for the Film and Video Arts Society.[2][3] One of the tracks from the M4 (M4, Pt. II) was featured during the final credits of BioWare's 2007 RPG Mass Effect.[4] This raised the band's profile and "a sizeable new audience was exposed to Faunts’ moody, subdued melodies".[5] On November 18, 2008, they released a remix album titled Faunts Remixed, featuring remixes by acts such as Mark Templeton and DVAS, which is available exclusively through iTunes.[6] The newest Faunts album, Feel.Love.Thinking.Of[7] was released on February 17, 2009, and is the result of songwriting over the course of the touring across America. Most recently, BioWare chose to feature another Faunts song, Das Malefitz, during the final credits of Mass Effect 3.

Members

Current

Former

  • Joel Hitchcock
  • Nathan Seatter

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • M4, Pt. II
  • Feel.Love.Thinking.Of
  • It Hurts Me All The Time
  • Left Here Alone[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Album Review Allmusic.
  2. ↑ Faunts dream up a soundtrack for M4 Vue Weekly Issue No. 570. 20 September 2006.
  3. ↑ "Faunts Drop New EP, Album in 2008" XLR8R 6 February 2008.
  4. ↑ Album Review: Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. Soundcheck.
  5. ↑ "BioWare Has A 'Mass Effect' On Local Edmonton Band 'Faunts'" G4tv 13 February 2008.
  6. ↑ Review Exclaim! 14 November 2008.
  7. ↑ Review Pitchfork 23 February 2009.
  8. ↑ Matt Conner. "Faunts". 
  9. ↑ Hudson, Alex. "Faunts 'Left Here Alone' (EP stream)". 

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