If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Evan Jenkins Chicago's FACS have this uncanny ability to make these plodding songs far more compelling than you would expect, and just feel heavier than their volume should allow them to. Their latest, "Slogan," just chugs along at a menacing speed. It's like a sonic version of the creature (demon?) from the film It Follows. A song moving at this speed shouldn't have this much darkness behind it, but "Slogan" does. There are a million metal bands that play as loudly and as fast as possible without achieving anywhere near this level of mood. It's a dark post-punk song that is going to leave you feeling quite uneasy during its four and a half minutes, but in the best possible way. Brian Case of FACS explains the new song and album: "change...how that's seen from different people's perspectives. 'Still Life In Decay' is about that kind of change, realizing that relationships exist in different ways for individuals in shared...

Photo by Evan Jenkins Chicago's FACS have become a favorite around here. They've had this great blend of experimental post-punk that can still straight out rock. The trio's new single, "When You Say," is the kind of song that is oddly heavy without being a hard rock song. The song feels like it's building and building for its first half, and that it's just going explode into a giant conflagration... but it doesn't quite do that. Instead, it just keeps morphing into different versions of a groove heavy song. Despite not having that giant expected release, "When You Say" still satisfies, just in an unexpected way that only FACS can truly pull off. You can watch the video for "When You Say" below. Still Life In Decay is due out April 7 on Trouble in Mind Records. The album can be pre-ordered through Bandcamp . For more on FACS, check out the band's Facebook and Twitter .