US / THEM: L.A. post-thrashers FACIAL stream album in full early, play hometown album release tonight

"Post-thrashers Facial peel away the pretense with the album's lead single, 'Animals.'" -- Consequence of Sound

"A seething post-punk missile fired across the bow of your comfort zone. Punch something if you must." -- Buzzbands.LA

Los Angeles trio FACIAL are streaming their forthcoming sophomore album Facade ahead of release starting today via Punktastic. Hear and share Facade HERE. (Soundcloud).

The band also plays a hometown album release show tonight at The Echo in Los Angeles to kick off West Coast tour dates into October. Please see all dates below.

Watch and share the chaotic antics of the "Black Noise" video via Treble HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Consequence of Sound recently launched lead single "Animals" HERE. Buzzbands.LA premiered the song "Black Noise" HERE. CultureCreature shared "Go Away" HERE. Glide Magazine hosted "Disappointment" HERE.

On Facial's new record Facade, the band takes a look at their city (Los Angeles), their country (U.S.A.), and within themselves, to see what kind of ugly truths lie behind the front. Inside of all of us there are things that we try very hard to conceal: animal urges, selfishness, anger, hate, envy, violence, sexuality. We push them down and paint an alternate reality on the surface: happy, caring, altruistic, confident, peaceful, benevolent. But when the discrepancy between facade and reality becomes too great, we are forced to confront the facade and to question the fabricated surface realities fed to us all.

The music on this record cuts, churns, and moves. It bombards the listener, as if in attempt to disarm the defenses that we use to protect ourselves from these uncomfortable truths. Perhaps facades are necessary in certain scenarios; little white lies. We do not want to expose our weakness. We do not want to appear scared. An outward appearance must be maintained. But at some point, one must come up for air. We can't hide forever. One day we will have to unmask.

Facade will be available on LP and download on September 29th via Chain Letter Collective. Pre-orders are available for digital at iTunes and vinyl HERE.

FACIAL LIVE:

09/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

09/28 - San Francisco, CA @ The Eagle

09/29 - Eugene, OR @ Black Forest

10/01 - Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge

10/02 - Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown

10/03 - Portland, OR @ Liquor Store

10/04 - Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt

10/05 - Bend, OR @ Spoken Moto

10/14 - Tijuana, MX @ Mous Tache

10/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Hi-Hat

10/19 - Long Beach, CA @ The Prospector