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Das Album “We Care A Lot” erschien ursprünglich 1985 auf Mordam Records. Nun - etwas mehr als 30 Jahre später - wartet die Band in Eigenregie mit einer Neuauflage ihres Debüts auf. Diese ist ab 19.08. im Handel. Nun - um die Zeit wieder erfahrbar zu machen - öffenen Faith No More ihre Schatzkiste etwas weiter und bringen ein Live-Clip ihres Songs “Jungle” ins Spiel. “Jungle” ist übrigens einer der 9 Bonus-Tracks dieser Neuauflage.

“We Care A Lot” erschien ursprünglich 1985 auf Mordam Records. Am 19.08. - etwas mehr als 30 Jahre später - wartet die Band in Eigenregie mit einer Neuauflage ihres Debüts auf! Faith No More-Bassist und Labelgründer von Koolarrow Records  Billy Gould erklärt die Motive hinter der Veröffentlichung:

“There were a couple of reasons we decided to release this now: first of all, it’s been 20 years since it has been commercially available.  Secondly, when cleaning out my basement, I discovered the original master reels, and we all thought that resurrecting this from the original tapes would be a great way to reintroduce We Care A Lot into the world.  Lastly, this has been a band effort; we are releasing this in the same way as we recorded it, deciding everything amongst ourselves and getting our hands deep into the nuts and bolts… just like we used to.”

Fans dürfen sich neben dem überarbeiteten Sound auch auf zusätzliches Material freuen: 9 Bonus Tracks enthalten Demo-Versionen (die von den orginalen 8-Track-Bändern stammen - “Greed,” “Mark Bowen,” “Arabian Disco” and “Intro”)  sowie Live-Versionen ( “The Jungle” and “New Beginnings” ) und neue Mixes von Matt Wallace (R.E.M., Faith No More, 3 Doors Down) von den Titeln “We Care A Lot,” “Pills for Breakfast” und “As The Worm Turns”. Neue Liner-Notes und Photos runden das Paket ab.

Die Titel der Neuauflage in Übersicht: 1.   We Care A Lot 2.   The Jungle 3.   Mark Bowen 4.   Jim 5.   Why Do You Bother 6.   Greed 7.   Pills for Breakfast 8.   As The Worm Turns 9.   Arabian Disco 10.  New Beginnings 11.  We Care A Lot – 2016 Mix 12.  Pills for Breakfast – 2016 Mix 13.  As The Worm Turns – 2016 Mix 14.  Greed – Original Demo 15.  Mark Bowen – Original Demo 16.  Arabian Disco – Original Demo 17.  Intro – Original Demo 18.  The Jungle – I-Beam, SF, 1986 19.  New Beginnings – I-Beam, SF, 1986

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Besides its public perception it was somehow always clear that Faith No More isn’t just your average run-of-the-mill rock band. Mike Patton’s solo works or his releases with Tomahawk or Fantômas clearly show how diverse the interests of members of the band are. Bill Gould, also a founding member of Faith No More, is no exception in this regard. Together with the sound artist Jared Blum he explores a remarkably interesting  mixture of  bleak, doomy ambient, blended with folkish melodies and outlandish sound experiments. This alone isn’t that much of a special mixtures, but Gould and Blum do a really good work approaching this genre slightly different than usual with their latest release “The Talking Book”.

Dark drones rumble underneath the tracks, while grainy guitars hint to long forgotten melodies of lonesome americana nostalgia. Distant voices flicker here and there creating a ghostly, haunting tension. Together with the eerie reverbs that appear ever so often, the tracks have a strangely deserted, sometimes nearly shamanic feeling to it. Ranging from thick bass-ladden drones and delicate sound-mangling to bitter sweet piano or guitar lines, “The Talking Book” creates a large variety of different atmospheres and sound-aesthetics that all manage to maintain a saddening melancholic touch. What sets these tracks apart from a lot of others pieces working in a similar field, is the pacing of the elements.

Instead of working with a very small palette of sounds and a slowly evolving tempo, Gould & Blum have no problem changing the direction of a track abruptly, introducing other instruments or new sounds out of the blue and letting them disappear just moments later. Nevertheless the listener doesn’t have the impression that the tracks are hurried. Especially the two longer explorations Maxim and The Fallen, both reaching past the ten minute mark, are a sonic joyride par excellence. “The Talking Book” is an album that shouldn’t be missed.