Synth-punk band The Faint will soon reissue the band's best known albums, Blank-Wave Arcade and Wet From Birth. Each reissue comes via Saddle Creek, the label that birthed them back in 1999 and 2004, respectively. The reissues release on March 8, 2024.
The band shared a new bonus track from the Wet From Birth era, "Zealots," this week (below). Additionally, the band will be touring the US this year.
Wet From Birth (Deluxe Edition)
DISC 1
01 Desperate Guys
02 How Could I Forget?
03 I Disappear
04 Southern Belles in London Sing
05 Erection
06 Paranoiattack
07 Dropkick the Punks
08 Phone Call
09 Symptom Finger
10 Birth
DISC 2
01 Zealots (Unrealized)*
02 Mister (Unrealized)*
03 Birth (Thailand Demo)
04 Desperate Guys (Demo)*
05 Symptom Finger (Demo)*
06 Paranoiattack (Demo)*
07 Hypnotised
08 I Disappear (FC Kahuna Remix)
*Previously unreleased
Blank-Wave Arcade (Deluxe Edition)
DISC 1
01 Sex Is Personal
02 Call Call
03 Worked Up So Sexual
04 Cars Pass in Cold Blood
05 Casual Sex
06 Victim Convenience
07 Sealed Human
08 In Concert
09 The Passives
DISC 2
01 Cars Pass in Cold Blood (Recordist Remix)
02 Worked Up So Sexual (The Laces Remix)
03 The Passives (AJ/DJ Remix)
04 In Concert (The New Gender Remix)
05 Call Call (Transistor3 Remix)
06 Sealed Human (]['m Remix)
07 Sex is Personal (The Faint 2024 Remix)*
08 Brokers, Priests, and Analysts
09 Cars Pass in Cold Blood (Live)*
10 In Concert [The New Gender Remix (Live)]*
11 Call Call (Live)*
*Previously unreleased
Tour Dates
Mar-21 - Santa Barbara, CA @ SoHo
Mar-22 - Las Vegas, NV @ Backstage Bar & Billiards
Mar-24 - Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
Mar-25 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
Mar-27 - Tulsa, OK @ The Vanguard
Mar-28 - Kansas City, MO @ Warehouse on Broadway
Mar-29 - St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
Mar-31 - Cincinnati, OH @ The Ballroom at The Taft
Apr-01 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
Apr-03 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Apr-04 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Apr-05 - Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
