The View from This Tower explained

The View from This Tower
Type:	studio
Artist:	Faraquet
Cover:	Faraquet_TheViewFromThisTowerLP_cover.jpeg
Released:	2000
Recorded:	February 2000
Genre:	Post-hardcore,^[1] math rock
Length:	36:57
Label:	Dischord

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

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

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that "the band has no interest in comfortable or communal moments ... Its stand-offishness, however, is frequently bracing."^[5] Exclaim! called the album "a mesmerising blend of jagged, jazz-tinged, indie math rock."^[4]

Track listing

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"

Notes and References

1. Web site: The View From This Tower - Faraquet | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. www.allmusic.com.
2. Web site: Faraquet | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Faraquet. Casey. Rae-Hunter. September 12, 2008. Washington City Paper.
4. Web site: Faraquet The View From This Tower | Exclaim!. exclaim.ca.
5. Jenkins, Mark (2001-01-05). "The hardcore-punk style patented two decades ago", The Washington Post, p. T14.