{"id":32436,"date":"2012-11-05T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-fans-of-faye-designed-to-be\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:28:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:28:08","slug":"album-review-fans-of-faye-designed-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-fans-of-faye-designed-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Fans of Faye &#8211; Designed To Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/fansoffayedesignedtobe1.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Stourbridge quintet <strong>Fans of Faye <\/strong>have, technically, been around for 10 years come next year. Lead vocalist <em>Zachary Hart<\/em> formed the band when he was just twelve back in 2003. Over that time period, <strong>Fans of Faye<\/strong> have grown and matured in many ways; the death of a close friend, Faye, caused them to stick with the name they are now known by and gave them the catalyst to pour their passion into their work, creating their soon-to-be released debut album, <em>\u2018Designed To Be.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Singles <em>\u2018Paint the Sun\u2019 <\/em>and<em> \u2018Ghost\u2019 <\/em>is every radio DJ\u2019s dream; saucy guitar licks and vocals that can steal your heart in an instant, <strong>Fans of Faye <\/strong>have definitely used their experience to their advantage. Spending time to work on their music rather than rush straight into gigging is evident during tracks such as <em>\u2018I\u2019m Not Your Artwork\u2019 <\/em>and <em>\u2018Are You Finished?\u2019 <\/em>displayconsistent and tight drum work complimenting their big, melodic bass line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><!-- more --><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Intricately delicate riffs are evident during <em>\u2018Reckless\u2019, <\/em>sliding over smooth and strong vocals. <strong>Fans of Faye <\/strong>are a quirky and kooky band that knows how to instantly brighten your mood with their passionate and dynamic indie-rock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>\u2018Basically\u2019<\/em> follows the similar gut-wrenching and honest path that this young quintet have employed over the course of their album \u2013 deeply entrenched passion gives way to a more emotional <em>\u2018Bloodshed\u2019.<\/em> Roaring choruses twist to life, bringing mighty riffs with them as <strong>Fans of Faye<\/strong> work their magic on us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Closing off with <em>\u2018Swing With Me\u2019, <\/em>it\u2019s evident that <strong>Fans of Faye<\/strong> still have a bit of growing to do; their wings aren\u2019t fully formed yet, but it\u2019s only a matter of time before they can truly show off just how brilliant they are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a03.5\/5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>&lsquo;Designed To Be&rsquo;<\/em> by <strong>Fans Of Faye<\/strong> is out on the 11th November on <strong>Little Windmill Records<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0<strong>Fans of Faye<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fansoffaye.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Official Website<\/span><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fansoffayeuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Facebook<\/span><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fansoffayeuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Written by Jessica Tagliani (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jesstagliani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">@JessTagliani<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stourbridge quintet Fans of Faye have, technically, been around for 10 years come next year. 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