- indie rock, rock
- 39 min
- 13 tracks
- Saddle Creek Records
Media is the second studio album by new wave revivalists The Faint and their first under that name; they had released their debut as Norman Bailer. It was released on March 24, 1998. A clear style change can be heard after this album's release, moving from a more post-hardcore influenced style to new wave.
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Spare, grave, cool and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- 1Syntax Lies3:39
- 2Some Incriminating Photographs3:09
- 3As the Doctor Talks3:16
- 4Tandem: City to City2:13
- 5Repertoire of Uncommon Depth3:43
- 6Typing: 1974–20482:01
- 7Lullaby for the…0:54
- 8Acting; On‐Campus Television2:35
- 9⇄ (Getting/Giving the Lock)2:49
- 10Amorous in Bauhaus Fashion3:01
- 11There’s Something Not as Valid When the Scenery Is a Postcard2:34
- 12An Allusion Passes Through the Bar6:58
- 13Defy the Ailments2:05
13 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Faint
- Label
- Saddle Creek Records
- Released
- March 24, 1998
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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