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The View from This Tower
Studio album by
Released2000
RecordedFebruary 2000
GenrePost-hardcore,[1] math rock
Length36:57
LabelDischord

The View from This Tower is the only full-length album by the American post-hardcore band Faraquet.[2][3] It was released on Dischord Records in 2000 (Dischord #122). The album was the band's fourth, and last, recorded work.

Production

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The album was produced in part by J. Robbins.[4]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork8.0/10.0[5]
Portland Mercury[6]

The Washington Post wrote that "the band has no interest in comfortable or communal moments ... Its stand-offishness, however, is frequently bracing."[7] Exclaim! called the album "a mesmerising blend of jagged, jazz-tinged, indie math rock."[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Cut Self Not" SOUTHERN | faraquet > the view... > audio
  2. "Carefully Planned"
  3. "The Fourth Introduction"
  4. "Song for Friends to Me"
  5. "Conceptual Separation of Self" (Cello performed by Amy Domingues)
  6. "Study in Complacency"
  7. "Sea Song"
  8. "The View from This Tower"
  9. "The Missing Piece"

References

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  1. ^ a b "The View From This Tower - Faraquet | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "Faraquet | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Rae-Hunter, Casey (September 12, 2008). "Faraquet". Washington City Paper.
  4. ^ a b "Faraquet The View From This Tower | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
  5. ^ "Faraquet: The View from This Tower". Pitchfork.
  6. ^ "CD Review". Portland Mercury.
  7. ^ Jenkins, Mark (2001-01-05). "The hardcore-punk style patented two decades ago", The Washington Post, p. T14.