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rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\" rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\" rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\" rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\" rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\" rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\" rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\" rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\" rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 16); font-size: xx-large;\"\u003eRELEASED ON 7.2.2025 ON TROUBLE IN MIND VIA CARGO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 16); font-size: xx-large;\"\u003eCATALOGUE NUMBER TIM194LPC1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px; padding: 0px; list-style: none; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: var(--header-color); font-family: var(--heading-family); font-weight: var(--heading-weight); font-style: var(--heading-style); line-height: normal; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: var(--heading-spacing); font-size: var(--h3-size);\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;\"\u003eThe duality of “man” is a subject that has been explored in art for centuries, from writings of the Bible to Descartes, all the way up to filmmakers like Lynch, Cronenberg, \u0026amp; Carpenter. Who is your “true self” \u0026amp; what do they want? With their sixth studio album “Wish Defense” (again for longtime home Trouble In Mind Records), Chicago trio FACS take a good, long look in the mirror to face themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;\"\u003eThe return of original member Jonathan Van Herik - who stepped away from the group just before their debut album “Negative Houses” was released in 2018 - replacing longtime bassist Alianna Kalaba brings renewed vigor \u0026amp; a marked angularity from the band’s more recent output. The songs still hit hard, but the approach is sideways - the roles have changed since Van Herik’s original tenure \u0026amp; his previous time with Case \u0026amp; powerhouse drummer Noah Leger in Disappears; now on bass, Van Herik was originally the group’s guitar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;\"\u003eplayer and features on the debut, while current guitarist Brian Case played bass. This role reversal has helped the band’s dynamic, offering up a different musical perspective than before, now revisiting the trio’s long-going collaboration with some distance and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;\"\u003eCase notes that the lyrics on “Wish Defense” revolve around doppelgängers or \"doubles”, tackling the idea of facing yourself and observing your ideas and motivations. Look no further than the album’s title track; “Enter the mirror \/ Double walker \/ An intimate \/ Wish defense \/ Is it real? \/ You beside me \/ The detail \/ Terrifying \/ Abject self \/ Your grief \/ A public \/ Performance”. Case lays out the entire album’s theme in one stanza; Are your actions \u0026amp; emotions your true self? Or are they a performative aspect of that “other” person you put\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;\"\u003eforward? Case says that ultimately the sentiment is “...don’t let the bastards get you down, there’s something beyond this moment, like hope - but not in the naive belief that ultimately people are good”. “Wish Defense”s artwork is also a subtle reference to “Negative Houses”’ art, returning to that album’s black \u0026amp; white starkness \u0026amp; minimalism. The album’s checkerboards everywhere are offset reflections of themselves, mirrored with the album’s lyrics printed front \u0026amp; center on the cover. Everything is out in the open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;\"\u003eA final note; “Wish Defense” is the last album engineered by Steve Albini. Two days were recorded at Electrical Audio in early May of 2024 before Steve’s untimely passing, with renowned engineer \u0026amp; friend Sanford Parker stepping in to finish the session 24 hours later, tracking the last bits of vocals and overdubs. Longtime collaborator John Congleton mixed the album as Albini would have; in Electrical Audio’s A room, off the tape, using Albini’s notes about the session.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp is=\"qowt-word-para\" qowt-lvl=\"undefined\" qowt-entry=\"undefined\" qowt-eid=\"E266\" id=\"E266\" class=\"qowt-stl-smallcapsheading0 x-scope qowt-word-para-0\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;\"\u003eTracks:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;\"\u003e1. Talking Haunted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;\"\u003e2. 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