FAYE are a pop punk trio from Charlotte, North Carolina, consisting of Sarah Blumenthal (bass, vocals) Kristen Leake (drums) and Susan Plante (guitar, vocals). Faye is their self-titled début EP, a collection of five indie pop songs which traverse the gamut of rock swagger and twee gaiety to give something of surprising depth. Take lead single ‘Chow Chow’ as an example, a snappy song detailing the weariness an insular music scene can bring, occupying the middle overlapping space in a Venn diagram between irony and sincerity, quite obviously bored and jaded but cool with it.
“I can’t see why there is nothing at all to do
there’s nothing at all that’s new.
And why don’t we pretend
we go see all our friends bands
yeah while we’re number one fans?
Let’s take a cigarette break
pretend we really know what we are doing here”
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Self-Titled is to be released on the 13th May via Tiny Engines and you can pre-order it now.