Faunts new album was unleashed yesterday on iTunes (it’ll be out in stores February 17), & it’s really, really, really good. At once symphonic and sprawling; ambient, yet driving, Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. is the culmination of a year of touring, recording, and meticulous exploration of the band’s transcendent imagination. With its effervescent guitars, mathematic loops and synthesizers, surging drums, and seemingly nomadic bass lines, this album is a beautiful expression of Faunts’ painstaking attention to instrumentation and arrangement. I think it’s the best album yet from these supremely talented Canadians & I’m not the only one, the band itself stated: “It is definitely our most concise and best work to date“.

“Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.” | download

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“It Hurts Me All The Time” | download

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If you’d rather get the new Faunts album on CD, to have & to hold forevermore, you can pre-order it now from the Friendly Fire webstore – & as an added bonus, anybody who pre-orders Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. between now & Tuesday February 17 will be entered into a drawing to win extra-stylish & comfy t-shirts from both Faunts and their record label. Do your shopping HERE.

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