The Omaha electro-pop quintet The Faint is coming to the Trocadero this weekend, and we suggest you check them out. We've been listening to the latest album from the band, Fasciinatiion, and we're pretty impressed. Fasciinatiion is the band’s first album in four years, and the first on their newly formed label, blank.wav—which is a great name for a label, btw. The band has something of a knack with titles, actually; they got on our good side right away by titling one track on Fasciinatiion "The Geeks Were Right," a rocking song which unsurprisingly turned out to be one of our favorites on the disc. Fasciinatiion was written, recorded, produced, and art directed entirely by the band, making it their purest expression of themselves in their history. The result is a highly entertaining record loaded with catchy, danceable tracks, clever lyrics, and a vaguely familiar but still otherworldly sound. Besides "The Geeks Were Right," our favorite song is probably "Machine in the Ghost." But we understand their live shows are even better than their recordings; in fact, they're described as "sweat-drenched, full-on parties" that are "a favorite amongst music lovers." Sounds worth a trip to the Troc to us. Even the opening bands are pretty good: they're playing with Jaguar Love, whose new album Take Me to the Sea, though uneven (is it old fashioned to want a band to sing in key?), contains a few rough gems, and Shy Child, whom we've only heard one song by ("Astronaut")—but it was a good song! So check it out. We think you'll have a good time.

The Faint w/Jaguar Love and Shy Child
The Trocadero Theatre
Sun, 8/17/08, 7PM
$18 ($20 day of show)
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