I thought they had gone off the face of the earth -- a one and done band. Hark, do I hear the epic soundscapes of Engineers? The follow-up to their 2005 self-title debut comes out next week in the U.K. Entitled Three Fact Fader, the album took two year to record and complete...
Four years after the release of their landmark debut, the band return with their epic second album--Three Fact Fader. The 13-track album was produced by the band along with Ken Thomas (Sigur Rós, M83, Maps) over a period of two years, with the final tracks being completed earlier this year. It comes packaged in stunning artwork by legendary music photographer Tom Sheehan.
Following the rapturous reception that greeted their mini-album Folly in 2004 and debut Engineers the following year, it’s taken them a long time to build their epic second album, Three Fact Fader. After initial recording sessions, Engineers became unwitting victims of record company restructuring and the album was left in limbo, unfinished until the band reconvened earlier this year, largely motivated by public support.
There you go, public support from people like you. Now, we all get tote bags. That debut was a stunner with amazing production that makes Sigur Ros sound like a bunch of kazoos.
Here's the tracklisting:
1. Clean Coloured Wire
2. Sometimes I Realise
3. International Dirge
4. Helped By Science
5. Brighter As We Fall
6. Hang Your Head
7. Crawl From The Wreckage
8. Three Fact Fader
9. Song For Andy
10. Emergency Room
11. The Fear Has Gone
12. Be What You Are
13. What Pushed Us Together
Here's hoping they return to the U.S. the only time I ever saw them was when they opened for Bloc Party in 2005 at Webster Hall. In the meantime, take a listen to "Brighter As We Fall"
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