FACS Reveal New single “You Future”

Facs drop their new album Wish Defense on Februrary 7th via Trouble In Mind Records (Dummy, Lithics). FACS’ Brian Case notes that the album’s lyrical content revolves around doppelgängers or “doubles,” tackling the idea of facing yourself and observing your ideas and motivations. Ahead of the album’s release, the band have shared the LP track “You Future.”
“Are you the same as you were?” they ask on “You Future,” FACS’ latest single and Wish Defense album closer. Case shares: “The final track is also the final action, look in the mirror and ask the questions. It’s a future self talking to a ‘you’ from the past, assessing the path up until this point, questioning who you are. We bookended the album with the two songs that felt the most vulnerable and I think that really works with this idea of examining and challenging who you are and the perception of who you are.”
Wish Defense is also the last album engineered by Steve Albini. Two days were recorded at Electrical Audio in early May of 2024 before Steve’s untimely passing, with renowned engineer and friend Sanford Parker stepping in to finish the session 24 hours later, tracking the last bits of vocals and overdubs. Longtime collaborator John Congleton mixed the album as Albini would have, in Electrical Audio’s A room, off the tape, using Albini’s notes about the session.
On Wish Defense, the return of FACS original member Jonathan Van Herik— who stepped away from the group just before their debut album Negative Houses was released, and replacing longtime bassist Alianna Kalaba— brings renewed vigor and a marked angularity from the band’s more recent output. The songs still hit hard, but the approach is sideways; the roles have changed since Van Herik’s original tenure and his previous time with Case and drummer Noah Leger in Disappears; now on bass, Van Herik was originally the group’s guitar player and features on the debut, while current guitarist Brian Case played bass.
FACS 2025 tour dates
Feb. 07 Den Haag, NL – Grauzone Fest
Feb. 08 Amsterdam, NL – OCCII
Feb. 09 Hamburg, DE – Ms Stubnitz Boat
Feb. 10 Berlin, DE – Neue Zukunft
Feb. 11 Brussels, BE – Magazine 4
Feb. 12 Luxembourg, LUX – Rotondes
Feb. 13 Metz, FR – Trinitaires
Feb. 14 Lyon, FR – Periscope
Feb. 15 Nïmes, FR – Paloma
Feb. 16 Marseille, FR – Emma Vortex
Feb. 18 Savona, IT – Raindogs
Feb. 19 Grenoble, FR – Le Ciel
Feb. 20 Zürich, CH – Ziegel Oh Lac
Feb. 21 Trier, DE – Mergener Hof Trier
Feb. 22 Liege, BE – Jaune Orange
Apr. 07 Washington, DC – Songbyrd
Apr. 08 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Apr. 09 Ridgewood, NY – TV Eye
Apr. 10 Medford, MA – Deep Cuts
Apr. 11 Montreal, QC – Quai des Brumes
Apr. 12 Toronto, ON – Dance Cave
Apr. 13 Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme
Apr. 17 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
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Wish Defense
track list
Trouble in Mind Records
Talking Haunted
Ordinary Voices
Wish Defense
A Room
Desire Path
Sometimes Only
You Future
pre-order Wish Defense HERE
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