The View from This Tower
| The View from This Tower | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| 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 American post-hardcore band Faraquet.[2][3] It was released on Dischord Records in 2000 (Dischord #122). The album was the band's fourth, and last, recorded work.
Production
The album was produced in part by J. Robbins.[4]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10.0[5] |
| Portland Mercury |  [6] |
The Washington Post wrote that "the band has no interest in comfortable or communal moments ... Its stand-offishness, however, is frequently bracing."[7] Exclaim! called the album "a mesmerising blend of jagged, jazz-tinged, indie math rock."[4]
Track listing
- "Cut Self Not" SOUTHERN | faraquet > the view... > audio
- "Carefully Planned"
- "The Fourth Introduction"
- "Song for Friends to Me"
- "Conceptual Separation of Self" (Cello performed by Amy Domingues)
- "Study in Complacency"
- "Sea Song"
- "The View from This Tower"
- "The Missing Piece"
References
- ^ a b "The View From This Tower - Faraquet | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Faraquet | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Rae-Hunter, Casey (September 12, 2008). "Faraquet". Washington City Paper.
- ^ a b "Faraquet The View From This Tower | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
- ^ "Faraquet: The View from This Tower". Pitchfork.
- ^ "CD Review". Portland Mercury.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (2001-01-05). "The hardcore-punk style patented two decades ago", The Washington Post, p. T14.