Faith / Void Split
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Released | September 1982 | |||
Recorded | Inner Ear Studios 1982 | |||
Genre | Hardcore punk | |||
Length | 28:00 | |||
Label | Dischord | |||
Producer | Ian MacKaye, Don Zientara | |||
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The Faith/Void Split LP is a split album by Washington D.C. hardcore groups Void and the Faith, released on Dischord Records in 1982. Void was one of the earliest examples of hardcore/metal crossover with their chaotic musical approach cited as particularly influential.[2] Kurt Cobain listed the album in his top fifty albums of all time.[3][4]
Background and influence[]
The Faith and Void were hardcore bands from Washington D.C., both with few releases (this is Void's only release throughout the band's existence),[5] but a relatively large underground following among punk and hardcore punk fans.[6] Both bands were connected to Dischord Records, the punk label run by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson of Minor Threat and were considered pioneers of DC Hardcore.[7]
Writing for the Guardian, Craig Finn of the Hold Steady referred to the split as “one of the most vital hardcore records ever released” and continued: “It's a reminder of hardcore at its finest: angry and dangerous without being cartoonish”.[8] This sentiment is popular among fans, with other publications calling the split: one of the greatest hardcore records ever put to wax,[9] or the Void side of the split: “probably the most influential on the punk-thrash scene of the 90's”.[10]
Distribution[]
The record was number 8 in the Dischord catalog, indicating it was the label's 8th release. Originally, the record was available in a test pressing with a handmade sleeve, followed by a regular pressing in cardboard sleeve with two lyrics inserts, one per band, both made in 1982. Dischord has since remastered the album and re-released it twice - in 2008 in clear purple vinyl, and in 2011, in black vinyl.[11]
Packaging[]
The sleeve art for the LP (which dedicates one side to each of the bands on the original vinyl) is also rather iconic.[citation needed]
Track listing[]
The Faith[]
- "It's Time"
- "Face to Face"
- "Trapped"
- "In Control"
- "Another Victim"
- "What's Wrong with Me?"
- "What You Think"
- "Confusion"
- "You're X'd"
- "Nightmare"
- "Don't Tell Me"
- "In the Black"
Void[]
- "Who Are You?"
- "Time to Die"
- "Condensed Flesh"
- "Ignorant People"
- "Change Places"
- "Ask Them Why"
- "Organized Sports"
- "My Rules"
- "Self Defense"
- "War Hero"
- "Think"
- "Explode"
Re-issue[]
Dischord re-issued the album on compact disc in November 1993, with the following extra tracks (from the Faith's EP). The disc was remastered at Silver Sonya in 2002 and subsequently re-released.
- Aware
- Say No More
- Limitations
- No Choice
- Untitled
- Subject to Change
- More of the Shame
- Slowdown
Personnel[]
Faith/Void personnel as listed in the album liner notes.
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References[]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ http://www.stereogum.com/1179562/13-essential-dc-hardcore-albums/franchises/list/attachment/faithvoid/
- ^ "Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE]". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ Cross, Gaar, Gendron, Martens, Yarm (2013). Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7603-4521-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/artist/189740-Void-12
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/27/faith-void-dischord-washington-hardcore-punk
- ^ https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/43787/Faith-Void-Split/
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/27/faith-void-dischord-washington-hardcore-punk
- ^ https://www.sorrystaterecords.com/products/faith-void-split-12
- ^ https://www.punknews.org/review/3331/the-faith-void-faith-void-faith
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/The-Faith-Void-The-Faith-Void/master/154179
- 1982 albums
- Void (band) albums
- The Faith (American band) albums
- Split albums