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Danse Macabre
Electronic · 2001 · 9 tracks

Danse Macabre

The Faint

Aggressive analog synths and robotic vocals collide in a dark, danceable fusion of post-punk grit and neon-lit electronic paranoia.

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It's like a gothic disco in a haunted computer factory.

Relentless, anxious energy that finds a strange joy in the darkness of the city.

Danse Macabre · vs · The Faint
Analog Warmth+1.2σ

The production is pushed notably harder into analog warmth than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Agenda Suicide
3:59
02
Glass Danse
3:00
03
Total Job
2:17
04
Let the Poison Spill From Your Throat
4:02
05
Your Retro Career Melted
3:51
06
Posed to Death
3:09
07
The Conductor
4:43
08
Violent
5:37
09
Ballad of a Paralysed Citizen
4:28
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring, mechanical synth riff that opens Agenda Suicide like a factory alarm
The transition into the motorik, driving disco-punk groove of Glass Danse
The unsettling, pitch-shifted vocal breakdown in Let the Poison Spill From Your Throat
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