Facs Wish Defense Black Vinyl Edition

The duality of "man" is a subject that has been explored in art for centuries, from writingsof the Bible to Descartes, all the way up to filmmakers like Lynch, Cronenberg, & Carpenter.Who is your "true self" & 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, longlook in the mirror to face themselves. The return of original member Jonathan Van Herik - who stepped away from the group justbefore their debut album "Negative Houses" was released in 2018 - replacing longtimebassist Alianna Kalaba brings renewed vigor & a marked angularity from the band's morerecent output. The songs still hit hard, but the approach is sideways - the roles havechanged since Van Herik's original tenure & his previous time with Case & powerhousedrummer Noah Leger in Disappears; now on bass, Van Herik was originally the group's guitarplayer and features on the debut, while current guitarist Brian Case played bass. This rolereversal has helped the band's dynamic, offering up a different musical perspective thanbefore, now revisiting the trio's long-going collaboration with some distance and time. Case 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 nofurther than the album's title track; "Enter the mirror / Double walker / An intimate / Wishdefense / Is it real? / You beside me / The detail / Terrifying / Abject self / Your grief / Apublic / Performance". Case lays out the entire album's theme in one stanza; Are your actions& emotions your true self? Or are they a performative aspect of that "other" person you putforward? 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 ultimatelypeople are good". "Wish Defense"s artwork is also a subtle reference to "Negative Houses"'a...