FOC | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Far Out Corporation |
Cover: | Faroutcorp.jpg |
Alt: | Main image is an old building, in the lower half, with the album's title across the bottom. The group's name is across the top, which is repeated at the upper portion of the building. A wide beam of light shoots out the top, directly upwards. At the upper right is a small photo of two people. |
Recorded: | January–February 1998 |
Studio: | Airlock Studios, East Brisbane |
Genre: | Rock |
Label: | Polydor |
Producer: | Tim Whitten, Far Out Corporation |
FOC or Far Out Corporation was the only studio album released by Australian collaborative rock group, Far Out Corporation (a.k.a. the FOC), in October 1998.[1] [2] [3] Its title is an initialism of the group's name. It is the sole album from the group, which was produced by Tim Whitten and the FOC at Airlock Studios, East Brisbane, via Polydor Records.[1]
For FOC the group's line-up were Ian Haug on lead guitar and vocals (from Powderfinger), Grant McLennan on lead guitar and vocals (ex-the Go-Betweens, solo), Ross MacLennan (no relation) on drums and guitar (ex-Turtlebox) and Adele Pickvance on bass guitar and vocals (from Dave Graney Band).[1] [2]
Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described FOC, which "successfully blended a pop sensibility with a more cerebral orientation (reminiscent of Underground Lovers, New Order or Velvet Underground)."[2] He observed the band were, "[a] conceptual art group with a pop orientation."[2]